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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Prehistoric 
  antiquities 
  — 
  Continued. 
  P 
  age< 
  

  

  Australasia 
  435 
  

  

  Tasmania 
  436 
  

  

  Ancient 
  bronzes 
  436 
  

  

  The 
  Archeological 
  Collection 
  of 
  Historic 
  Times 
  438 
  

  

  Egyptian 
  antiquities 
  438 
  

  

  Babylonian 
  and 
  Assyrian 
  antiquities 
  438 
  

  

  Hittite 
  sculptures 
  ' 
  438 
  

  

  Persia 
  439 
  

  

  Syria 
  and 
  Palestine 
  439 
  

  

  Armenia 
  439 
  

  

  Turkestan 
  440 
  

  

  Terek, 
  Caucasus 
  440 
  

  

  Greco-Roman 
  antiquities 
  440 
  

  

  Greek 
  and 
  Italian 
  potteries 
  440 
  

  

  Ancient 
  terra 
  cottas 
  442 
  

  

  Terra-cotta 
  lamps 
  443 
  

  

  Antique 
  iridescent 
  glassware 
  443 
  

  

  Ancient 
  oriental 
  seals 
  444 
  

  

  Coins 
  and 
  medals 
  444 
  

  

  Oriental 
  tiles 
  444 
  

  

  Collection 
  of 
  Bibles 
  444 
  

  

  Guide 
  to 
  the 
  exhibition 
  44r> 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  embrace 
  two 
  great 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  antiquities 
  of 
  the 
  

   Old 
  World, 
  illustrating: 
  (1) 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  "historic" 
  

   nations, 
  especially 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  settled 
  around 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  

   Basin 
  (Egyptians, 
  Babylonian-Assyrians, 
  Syro-Palestinians, 
  Greco- 
  

   Romans), 
  from 
  which 
  our 
  own 
  civilization 
  is 
  largely 
  derived; 
  (2) 
  

   the 
  diversified 
  cultures 
  of 
  various 
  peoples 
  in 
  Europe, 
  Asia, 
  Africa, 
  

   and 
  Australasia, 
  imperfectly 
  or 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  represented 
  in 
  contempo- 
  

   raneous 
  written 
  documents, 
  and 
  commonly 
  designated 
  as 
  " 
  pre- 
  

   historic 
  " 
  archeology. 
  Though 
  the 
  collections 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  and 
  well 
  rounded 
  out, 
  since 
  no 
  systematic 
  explorations 
  and 
  re- 
  

   searches 
  have 
  been 
  extended 
  to 
  foreign 
  countries, 
  still 
  they 
  contain 
  

   a 
  considerable, 
  varied, 
  and 
  important 
  series 
  of 
  specimens, 
  both 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  and 
  instructive 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  student. 
  The 
  

   following 
  pages 
  will 
  first 
  give 
  a 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  contained 
  in 
  

   the 
  collections, 
  combining 
  the 
  chronological 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  phases 
  or 
  

   stages 
  of 
  the 
  cultural 
  remains 
  with 
  their 
  geographic 
  provenance 
  ; 
  and 
  

   then 
  a 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit 
  of 
  a 
  selection 
  from 
  this 
  material. 
  

  

  PREHISTORIC 
  ANTIQUITIES. 
  

  

  Remains 
  of 
  the 
  Stone 
  Age. 
  

  

  i. 
  the 
  paleolithic 
  period. 
  

  

  The 
  Stone 
  Age 
  derives 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  during 
  that 
  age 
  

   man 
  manufactured 
  his 
  tools 
  and 
  weapons 
  chiefly 
  of 
  stone. 
  These 
  

   implements 
  constitute 
  the 
  earliest 
  known 
  cultural 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  

  

  