REPORT 
OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
||| HIS Section is slightly junior to the other 
: branches of the Natural History Society. It 
had its rise in a Lecture delivered on March 
the 29th, by G. B. Witts, Esq., on the 
Barrows of the neighbourhood, a skort resumé 
of which is appended below. Mr. Witts 
himself kindly took the post of President. 
LEcTURE By G. B. Wirts, Esq. 
Mr. Witts began by a few general remarks 
on Archaeology, stating that, though it was by most 
people considered as a very dry subject, when exam- 
ined closely, it proved to be most interesting. 
Referring to the Barrows, he proved that 
the Long Barrows are older than the Round ones. 
yi, Bronze and stone implements are found in 
Qe the Round Barrows but not in the Long Barrows. 
The pottery in the Round Barrows bears the marks of the 
Potter’s wheel, while all in the Long Barrows are hand made. 
The earliest Coins were introduced into England about 
200 B.c. No coin is found in the Barrows, proving that the coins 
were introduced when the custom of forming the Barrows had died 
ut. 
; There were two distinct races of human beings among the 
Ancient Britons when the Barrows were made. 
The Long Barrows contain only the skulls of the Long-headed 
or Dolico-cephalic race, while in the Round Barrows, the Long and 
Round Skulls are found, shewing that the Round headed race were 
the more recent comers. Mr. Witts then gave a list of the Long 
