Remains of the prehistoric age in England
by Bertram C. A. Windle
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Excerpt from Remains of the Prehistoric Age in England Perhaps it may be permissible and even advisable to say a word at this point about these lists. They are strictly trial-lists, and though very great pains have been taken to make them accurate and complete, no one can be better aware than their author that, from the nature of things, they must necessarily suffer from sins of commission and omission. In the body of the book the author has tried as far as possible to describe objects which show more he has himself seen and studied, but it is obviously impossible for any one person to have seen and checked all the places mentioned in the lists. The lists have been compiled from the Ordnance Map, from Murray's and other County Handbooks, from Proceedings of various societies, and from other sources. After much considera tion, and acting on the advice of competent authorities, it has been decided that the lists shall appear, and it is hoped that they may be at least useful as a basis for a more perfect compilation in the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. show lessTags
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- Remains of the prehistoric age in England
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- Remains of the prehistoric age in England
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- 1904-07
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- England, UK; Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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- To the illustrator of this volume
it is dedicated with much affection by her husband - First words
- The object of this book is to give an account of the material relics of the Prehistoic period still to be seen in this country, and to that object the writer has endeavoured to adhere as closely as possible.
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A second edition of this work having been called for, I have endeavoured to incorporate in it not only various observations and discoveries which have been made public since the first appearance of this work, but also the num... (show all)erous corrections and additions, chiefly in the Trial-Lists, which I owe to the kindness of many correspondents, mostly unknown to me, and to whom I desire hereby to return my thanks.
Preface to the second edition. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Dr. Thurman, from his examination of the bones of these two races, has also come to the conclusion that the average age at the time of death was higher than that of the preceding race. That of the Neolithic, in his opinion, was forty-five, that of the man of the Bronze age period fifty-five.
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- J. Charles Cox
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- English
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