QUATERNARY HUMAN REMAINS IN CENTRAL EUROPE. 383 



The supposed implements of stone and bone, all of which I have 

 carefully examined, are not bej^ond doubt the work of man. The for- 

 mer are without exception fragments of quartzite, limestone contain- 

 ing fiiuirtz, and pure (piartz, and resemble the fragments which are 

 produced naturally within caves of this nature without the interven- 

 tion of man. In a similar way, there is not one of the bone objects 

 v.hicli could not be attributed to natural breaks and rubbing. The 

 presence of a fireplace and of human bones in proximity with those 

 of a rhinoceros at the foot of the rocks do not justify any far-reach- 

 ing conclusion. They may have fallen with the talus from the plain 

 above. 



THE DISCOVERIES AT JICIX. 



Several decades ago L. Schneider collected a great quantity of 

 animal bones in five small caves situated in the slopes of the elevation 

 known as Prachove, not far from the cit^' of Jicin. These were sent 

 to Woldfich, who reached the belief that a part of the bones showed 

 the work of man. They resemble some from Zuzlavice, which are 

 believed to have been worked. Conclusive proofs of the presence of 

 man, such as fireplaces and real stone implements, are absolutely 

 Avanting; and I am not able to utilize a publication concerning 

 some human bones sent to Woldrich from these caves at that same 

 time, for the note contains no stratigraphic information. 



THE CAVE OF PROKOPI. NEAK JINONICE. 



In 1888 R. Ebenhoech sent to Woldfich animal remains from a 

 cave situated near Praha (Prague) and at that time demolished. 

 Woldfich saw among these again a series of primitive implements, 

 which I can not admit. 



The same deposit was examined a little later by J. Kofensk}", who 

 discovered the remains of bones of EIej)has jrrhni genius^ Rhinoceros 

 tichorh'mus, Hycena sj?el(pa^ Rangifer tarandus^ and other species, 

 with some fragments of a human skull, all cemented in a form of 

 breccia. Kofensk}^ did not believe this breccia to be very ancient, 

 but W^oldfich, basing his opinion on the same data, thought that the 

 formation should be relegated to the diluvial epoch of the quater- 

 nary. I partake of the opinion of Kofensky. The human remains, 

 mixed with animal bones, were found in a cleft in the rock, and 

 it is impossible to be sure of how they came there. They may 

 have reached the cleft already dissociated, and the travertin which 

 cemented the bones may have formed much later. 



THE SKULL OF MOST (BRUX). 



The Most skull was found, according to Woldfich, with some 

 fragments of human bones and a very handsome neolithic ax in 



