INDEX. 



Sepulchral food -vases of British tumuli, 



172. 



drinking-cups of ,, 172. 



feasts, 176. 



Sewing, savage skill in, 547. 

 Shell-fish, 211, 306. 

 Shell-mound axes, 101. 

 Shell-mounds in Australia, 440. 



in New Zealand, 464. 



of Denmark, 227-232. 



of other countries, 233, 



234- 

 how related to tumuli, 



246. 

 their antiquity, 233, 250- 



252. 



Shetland isles, "burghs" in, 58. 

 Ship or boat found in Slesvick, 9. 

 Shirley quoted, 184. 

 vShoshonees, or Snake Indians, 523, 















Shortland quoted, 562. 



Shortt, Dr., 576. 



Shrub Hill gravel, remains in, 349. 



Siberia, axe used in, 29. 



Siberian yurts, 136. 



Sickles, bronze, 34. 



Silbury Hill, 116, 124. 



Silesia, jade found in, 84. 



Silver abundant in Denmark, 12. 



among ancient Americans, 256. 



not found in Bronze Age, 3, 22, 



39- 

 used in Iron Age, 17. 



when first noticed, 3. 

 Similarities and differences of weapons 



and other objects, 555- 

 Simpson, Sir G., statistical calculations, 



59 2 - 

 Simpson, Sir J. Y., on rock carvings, 



123, 174. > 



Simpson's discoveries quoted, 499. 

 Sin, why committed, 598. 

 Skin-scrapers, 99, 100, 198, 507. 

 Skins of animals used for dress in 



Bronze Age, 48. 

 Skulls from Scandinavia, 142, 244. 



English tumuli, 143. 



classified, 143. 



various, 144, 335, etc. 



moulded in ancient and modern 

 times, 518. 



from Switzerland, 220. 

 Skyring on Fuegian skill, 545. 

 Sledges of Esquimaux, 505, 506. 

 Slesvick, finds in, of Iron Age, 9. 

 Slingstones, 195, 197, 478. 

 of flint, 105. 



Smith, Dr., of Camborne, on the Cas- 



siterides, 71 ; on tin mines, 73. 

 Smith, Rev. A. C., reference to, 1 25, note. 

 Smith, J. A., on reindeer, 302, 303. 

 Snake Indians, 522, 527. 

 Society Islands, 483. 

 Society of Antiquaries, flint imple- 

 ments possessed by, 343. 

 Solar radiation, variation of, 397. 

 Soldering unknown in Bronze and 



early Iron Age, 45. 

 Solomon, 72. 

 Somme river-bed gradually formed, 



371, etc. 

 Somme valley alluvium, age of, 183, 



380. 



section of, 361. 



visited, 342. 



Sottais, 68, note. 

 South Sea tumuli, 123. 

 Spain, tin from, 73, 74. 



rock carvings in, 174, note. 

 Sparrman, M., 435. 

 Spear-heads of flint, 104. 

 Spears, bronze, 33. 

 Species, succession of, in Europe, 289. 



,, transitions of, 307. 

 Speke on East African custom, 562. 

 on opinions of African tribes, 



427. 



Spencer, Herbert, on progress, 60 1. 

 Spindle- whorl, 196. 

 Spix and Martins, reference to, 563, 



568, 572. 



Squier and Davis, on varied contents 

 of Mississippi tumuli, 84. 

 on Mississippi valley monu- 

 ments, 253, 280. 

 on early American art, 256, 



261. 



,, Indian population, 280. 

 on Bourneville Enclosure, 



262. 



on Fort Hill, 262. 

 opinion on earthworks, 263. 

 on animal mounds, 273. 

 ,, on sacrificial mounds, 271. 

 on temple mounds, 272. 

 on Aztalan, 266. 

 Squier, Mr., on bone-pits, 268. 



on stone circles in Peru, 



119. 

 references to, 195, 253, 



258, 266. 



Staffordshire tumuli, 1 60. 

 Stag, 320, 374. 



Stanbridge, illustration of Australian 

 skill, 544. 



