CHAPTEE IV. 



THE USE OF STONE IN ANCIENT TIMES. 



rTIHE preceding chapters have been devoted t the Age of 

 I Bronze. We must now pass on to still earlier times and 

 ruder races of men ; to a period which, for obvious reasons, is 

 called by archaeologists the Stone Age.* 



The Stone Age, however, falls naturally, as has been already 

 stated, into two great divisions. 



First. That of the Drift, which I have proposed to call 

 the Palaeolithic or Archaeolithic period. 



Secondly. The later Stone Age, for which I have sug- 

 gested the term Neolithic, and in which the stone implements 

 are more skilfully made, more varied in form, and often 

 polished. We will now consider this later period, reserving 

 the earlier for a subsequent chapter. 



The immense number of stone implements which occur, in 

 all parts of the world, is sufficient evidence of the important 

 part they played in ancient times. M. Herbst has favoured 

 me with the following list of the numbers contained in the 

 Copenhagen Museum : 



Flint axes and wedges 1070 



Broad chisels 285 



Hollow ditto 270 



Narrow chisels 365 



Hollow ditto 33 



Poniards 250 



Lance-heads 656 



* For further information on the to Mr. Evans's excellent work on 

 subject of this chapter, I may refer "Ancient Stone Implements." 



