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g-eonietric designs, and rei)reseutatioiis of living or real objects were 

 rarely attempted. A series of iSTeolitbic oruamentatiou is shown iu 

 plates 19 and 20. These are mostly on pottery, only lour being- on 

 stone and to be classed as sculi^tnre. There seem to have been two 

 geographic areas iu Frauce affecting this kind of art, the first around 

 the Bay of Qniberon, department of Morbilian, the second in the 



department of the Marne, north- 

 ern central France. 



The four specimens referred to 

 are all from the first-mentioned 

 area. They are on plate 20, figs, 

 IG, 21, 23, and on plate 19, fig. 15. 

 Plate 19, fig. 15, represents the 

 sculpturing on one of the supports 

 of the dolmen of Petit-Mont, at 

 Arzon. The principal designs or 

 lines are in waves and U-shaped. 

 The only one which could have 

 been intended to represent any 

 kiiowu or possible object are two 

 human footprints, and these do 

 not appear to signify anything 

 more than is apparent. Plate 20, 

 ' fig. 23, represents a cartouche, en- 

 graved or sculj)tured on a support 

 of the dolmen of Pierres-Plates at 

 Lochmariaker, Morbihan. Plate 

 20, fig. 21, is a rex)reseutatiou of 

 one of the supporting stones of 

 the dolmen of Gavr'Inis. The au- 

 thor has visited this dolmen and 

 has seen the sculj)turod stones in 

 place. They are thin sandstone 

 slabs, about C feet high, 4 feet 

 wide, and form the sides of both 

 the cryi)t and the entrance, there 

 being probably forty in all, similar 

 in many respects to that shown iu 

 the figure, although this has been chosen as the best representative. 

 The surface is rough; the sculpturing has been done with the hammer 

 by pecking or battering — martelar/e, the French call it. Plate 20, fig. 

 10, is a reijresentation of the covering stone of the dolmen at Baker 

 Hill, Eosshire, Scotland, taken from "Archaiic Sculpturings," by Mr. 

 J. Y. Simijson. These will be perceived at once to consist principally 

 of cup stones, some with concentric rings, others connected by a slight 



