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  WORLD 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  — 
  CASANOWICZ. 
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  From 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  heaps, 
  which 
  must 
  have 
  required 
  a 
  long 
  

   period 
  for 
  their 
  accumulation, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   are 
  more 
  than 
  50 
  miles 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  lake, 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  their 
  formation 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  must 
  have 
  extended 
  

   to 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  heaps, 
  it 
  is 
  inferred 
  that 
  the 
  Neolithic 
  period 
  

   was 
  of 
  exceptionally 
  long 
  duration 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  consists 
  of 
  polished 
  celts 
  and 
  chisels, 
  rectangular 
  

   and 
  squared 
  with 
  square 
  tangs 
  for 
  hafting. 
  The 
  slight 
  thickness 
  of 
  

   these 
  implements 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  poor 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  (shale 
  and 
  

   feldspar) 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  intended 
  not 
  for 
  practical 
  

   use 
  but 
  for 
  ceremonial 
  or 
  ritual 
  purposes. 
  It 
  includes 
  finely 
  polished 
  

   gouges, 
  tubular 
  and 
  flat 
  rings 
  of 
  black 
  stone 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  orna- 
  

   ments 
  — 
  rings, 
  bracelets, 
  anklets, 
  perforated 
  beads 
  made 
  of 
  shells 
  be- 
  

   longing 
  to 
  the 
  genera 
  Tridacena 
  and 
  Hippopus, 
  besides 
  bone 
  imple- 
  

   ments 
  and 
  ornaments, 
  perforated 
  animal 
  teeth, 
  clay 
  cones 
  and 
  cups. 
  

  

  PALESTINE. 
  

  

  Palestine 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  flint 
  celts 
  of 
  the 
  Chel- 
  

   lean 
  type, 
  found 
  near 
  Eaphaim, 
  Neolithic 
  flint 
  chisels 
  and 
  flake 
  tools 
  

   found 
  near 
  Jerusalem, 
  and 
  flint 
  flakes, 
  representing 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  two 
  

   flint 
  sickles, 
  showing 
  polish 
  from 
  use, 
  found 
  near 
  Gezer. 
  

  

  TROT. 
  

  

  The 
  site 
  of 
  ancient 
  Troy, 
  the 
  modern 
  Hissarlik, 
  in 
  the 
  northwest 
  

   corner 
  of 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  was 
  explored 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Schliemann 
  (1822- 
  

   1890) 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1870 
  to 
  1882. 
  He 
  laid 
  bare 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  ancient 
  settlements 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  collection 
  

   here 
  exhibited 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  him 
  at 
  various 
  depths. 
  It 
  was 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Schliemann 
  in 
  1893. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  includes 
  polished 
  celts 
  and 
  chisels 
  of 
  basalt, 
  ham- 
  

   merstones 
  and 
  rubbing 
  stones, 
  bone 
  implements, 
  terra-cotta 
  balls 
  and 
  

   weights, 
  ivory 
  plaques, 
  probably 
  representing 
  idols, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   characteristic 
  pottery 
  vessels 
  and 
  some 
  bronzes. 
  

  

  JAPAN 
  AND 
  KOREA. 
  

  

  The 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  Stone 
  Age 
  in 
  Japan 
  are 
  chiefly 
  found 
  in 
  shell 
  

   heaps, 
  resembling 
  the 
  kitchen-middens 
  of 
  Europe. 
  They 
  occur 
  near 
  

   the 
  coast, 
  and 
  in 
  those 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  inhabited 
  

   by 
  the 
  ancestors 
  of 
  the 
  Ainos 
  who 
  occupied 
  Japan 
  long 
  before 
  the 
  

   modern 
  race 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  implements 
  consist 
  

   of 
  roughly 
  worked 
  slate 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  some 
  well-finished, 
  pol- 
  

   ished 
  celts, 
  so 
  that 
  no 
  dividing 
  line 
  between 
  Paleolithic 
  and 
  Neo- 
  

   lithic 
  can 
  be 
  drawn. 
  The 
  numerous 
  remains 
  of 
  handmade 
  pottery, 
  

   in 
  fragments 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  almost 
  perfect 
  vessels, 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  

  

  