EXPLANATION OF PLATE 20. 



Fig. 1. CKOSSED lines of small dots, AKRANGED in bands — ONE OF THE COMMON 



DECORATIONS OF I'OTTFRY IN Britt NY. I'roiii a fragment fouud at the 

 Croinlecli of the Isle des Tisserands (Morbihan). 

 (Origiual iu Musee St. Germain.) 



Fig. 2. Scallops made ry thumr and finger on rude pottery at or near 

 the edge. 



Lake dwelling; of Robeuliaiisen, Zurich, Switzerlaud. (Musee St. Germain.) 

 Fig. 3. Incised perpendicular lines in groups of five or six, interspaced 



WITH SMALL CHE\'KONS. 



Denmai-lv. After Madsen, plate XLiv, page 44, tig. 11. 

 Fig. 4. Links of large dots arranged in zones, alternated with bands of 



SMALL DOTS, IN PARALLELS AT 4.5 DEGREES. A SINGLE BAND, ALSO OF FINE 

 POINTS, ARRANGED IN HORIZONTAL PARALLEL LINES IN DOGTOOTH OR VAN- 

 DYKE POINTS. 



Dolmen of ErKoli Trinity sur-Mer (Morbihan). (Original, Museum ot Vannes.) 

 Fig. 5. Fine points arranged in bands of Vandyke points, in parallel lines 



AT 45 DEGREES. 



Museum of Vanues. Musee Prehistorique, fig. 536. 

 Fig. 5i. COAR.se pottery rudely ornamented with thumb-nail marks ALTER- 

 NATED. 



(Musc-e St. Germain. Musee Prehistorique, fig. 534.) 

 Fig. 6. A DIFFERENT ORNAMENTATiON ON THE SAME SPECIMEN AS FIG. .3. 



Fig. 8. Small points arranged in bands and zones, parallel, some of which 



ARK IN SINGLE LINES, OTHERS WIDER, WHEREIN THE LINES OF POINTS 



ARK I'ARALLEL AT ANGLES OF 45 DEGREES BOTH WAYS. On Same Speci- 

 men as tig. 4. 



Fig. 9. LiNK.S OF POINTS CLOSE TOGETHER, HORIZONTAL AND PARALLEL. UNDER- 

 NEATH ARE PARALLEL INCISED LINES, IN GROUPS OF SEVEN OK EIGHT, 

 ARRANGED IN FESTOONS, THE PLAIN SURFACE ABOVE REPRESENTING VAN- 

 DYKE POINTS. 



Mousheim, near Worm.s. (Museum of Mayence.) 



Fig. 10. CUP-MARKINGS, SINGLE, PLAIN, SURROUNDED BY A CIRCLE AND CONNECTED 



BY A LINE. Covering-stone of dohnen. Baker-hill, Ross-shire, Scotland. 

 Simpson, Arcliasic Sculpturings, plate xiv, fig. 1. 

 Fig. 11. Bands of incised lines, horizontal and parallel, the two upper 



ONES PLAIN, AT ANGLE OF 45 DEGUEES BOTH WAYS; LOWER BAND OF HORI- 

 ZONTAL INCISED LINKS, VANDYKE POINTS. 



Dolmen de Keriaval (Morbihan). (Origiual, Museum of Vannes. Mortillet, Musee 

 Prehistorique, fig. 541.) 



Fig. 12. Waved links, zigzac;, parallel and in bands. Those in the middle 



ARE BROKEN AT INTERVALS. 



Madsen, Antiquities of Denmark, plate XLIII, fig. 2. 



Fig. 15. Medium dots alternated with small broken incised lines. The 



LATTER ARRANGED IN HORIZONTAL PARALLELS AT THE TOI' AND MIDDLE, 

 INDICATING THE OUTLINE OF DOGTOOTH ORNAMENT BETWEEN. THESE 

 ARE FILLED WITH MEDIUM DOTS ARRANGED IN HORIZONTAL LINES; A 

 LOWER BAND OF THREE HORIZONTAL PARALLELS OF MEDIUM DOTS. 

 (Museum of Zurich. Musee Prehistorique, tig. 538.) 



Fig. 16. Ornamentation on same specimen as fig. 12. 



Fig. 17. Spirals and concentric circles cut (intaglio) on a slab of sandstone. 



Eday, 6rkney. Scotland. (Original, Museum of Society of Antiquities, Edinburgh. 

 Simpson, Archaic Sculpturings, plate xix, tig. 4.) 



Fig. 18. Concentric circles in pairs with interfering and joining lines. 



Dolmen d'Availles-sur-Chize (Deux-Sevres). (Original iu Museum of Niort. De Mor- 

 tillet, Musee Prehistorique, fig. 542.) 



Fig. 19. Vandyke point, double, arranged in perpendicular parallel lines 

 with intermediate spaces. 



Dolmen, Island of Mien. (Madsen, Antiquities of Denmark, plate xvi, tig. 5.) 



Fig. 21. Ornamentation of many styles, reduced thirty-three times, en- 

 graved ON ONE OF the supports OF THE DOLMEN OF GaVR TNIS. 

 (Mortillet. Musee Prehistorique, fig. 580.) 



Fig. 23. Dots and ciucles auuanged in parallel lines surrounded by incised 



LINKS AND ALL INCLOSED SO AS TO FORM A CARTOUCII. 

 Support of the dolmen of Pierres-Plates, Lochmariaquer (Morbihan). 



