INDEX. 



761 



Ossuaries, 17, 18, 221, 504, 546. 



Ossuary Theory, 533. 



Overhanging rim of cinerary urns, 14, 67, 



104. 



Over Silton, parish of, 336, 471, 509. 

 Ovinghain, parish of, 437, 477. 

 Ox, head of, in barrow, 168, 168 n., 



230. 



Paalstabs, 48. 



Palaeolithic times, no evidence of Wolds 



being occupied then, 122 n. 

 Paley, F. A., Homeric tumuli, 4 n. 

 Partial burning of the body, 29, 29 n., 



30, 30 n. 

 Patagonians, bodies kept by, before burial, 



17- 



Patroclus, burial of, 16 n. 

 Paulinus, 286, 403, 426. 

 Peacock, Mr., 5 n. 

 Penannular rings, 7- 

 Pendants, of amber, 297 n. ; of gold, 



297 n. ; of jet or lignite, 198, 198 n., 



297, 297 n., 330, 362. 

 People of the Wolds, not rich, 57; their 



physical characteristics, 121, 127; two 



stocks there, 122, 126. 

 Perforations, in cinerary urns, 69 ; in 



' incense cups,' 78. 

 Persons slain at funeral, 119, 120, 177, 



243- 



Petrie, Mr. George, 239 n. 

 Picks of deer's-horn, 5, 37, 37 n., 201, 



231, 231 n., 253, 258, 304, 329,432. 

 Pig, bones of, in graves, 274, 275, 278, 



283, 298, 454. 



Pig's tooth, perforated, 53, 326. 

 Pile, funeral, 14. 

 Pins, 31, 31 n., 33; with burnt bodies, 



.15. 3iw. 

 Pious rites of one religion accursed in 



another, u. 

 Pit or cup markings on rocks and stones, 



7, 341, 342, 342 n., 343, 402, 422, 430, 



433- 

 latfor 



Platform of wood in grave, 13, 170. 

 i8r. 



Porter, Rev. Fred., 145. 



Position of the body in barrows, 22, 23, 24. 



Potsherds in barrows, n, 108. 



Potter Brompton Wold, 155. 



Pottery, 6 1 ; always burnt, 63; of barrows 

 different from ' Anglo-Saxon ' and 

 Roman, 63 ; of Brittany, 62 ; of Channel 

 Islands, 62 ; clay of, 64 ; colour of, 64 ; 

 domestic, 1 06 ; none made on wheel, 

 63 ; numerous fragments of, in barrows, 

 u, 108, 221 ; ornamentation of, 65 ; 

 position with reference to body, 61 ; 

 rare in long barrows, 508 ; skill in 

 manufacture of, H7j 306- 



Prickers, vide Awls and Drills. 



Proctor, Rev. William, junior, 411. 



Prominent position of barrows, 8. 

 Proportion of burnt to unburnt bodies on 



Wolds and elsewhere, 19, 20, 21, 21 n, 

 Provisions placed with dead, 93. 

 Puddled earth in barrows, 202, 246, 



246 n., 262. 

 Pyramids of Egypt, I. 



Querns (hand-mills), 115. 



Raiset Pike (long barrow), 510. 

 Rau, Mr. Charles, 13 n. 

 Ravenstonedale, parish of, 393, 475. 

 Religion of people of Wolds, 120. 

 Rillaton, gold cup found there, 98. 

 Rings, of jet and lignite, 32, 116, 227, 



229, 229 n., 251, 263 ; penannular, 7. 

 Rolleston, Professor, 122, 352 n., 505, 



510, 513 n., 515, 521 ; description of 



figures of skulls by, 559 ; essay on 



skulls by, 625. 

 Rosehill, Lord, 266 n. 

 Rothbury, parish of, 428, 477. 

 Rowtin Lynn, inscribed rock there, 403. 

 Royce, Rev. David, 443, 513, 524. 

 Rudstone, parish of, 229, 464, 465, 497, 



59 1 . 6l 3- 

 Rylston, parish of, 374, 474. 



Sandstone, burnt, pieces of, in barrows, 



1 68, 220. 

 Saws, flint, 35 ; large number in a barrow, 



262. 

 Scale House in Craven, barrow at, 32, 



375- 



Scamridge Dykes, 484. 

 Scandinavia, bodies interred there in a 



sitting posture, 2 n., 24 ; chambered 



tombs of, 2 n., 316, 481, 482. 

 Scotland, stone circles there, 7 1. 

 Scrapers, flint, 35. 

 Scythian king, burial of, 1 20. 

 Seal Howe, Oddendale, 398. 

 Secondary interments, 12, 1 6, 17; in 



long barrows, 485, 488, 491, 502. 

 Seeds in a grave, 141, 141 n. 

 Selby, Major Luard-, 413, 414. 

 Shap, stone circle and avenue there, 381. 

 Sheath, wooden, of a bronze dagger, 359, 



359 

 Shells, perforated, 138 ; necklace of, 



138 . 



Sherburn, parish of, 145, 458, 459, 609. 

 Side on which bodies were buried, 25, 



26. 



Silbury Hill, 2, 2 n. 

 Simpson, Rev. James, LL.D., 382 ; 



Sir J. Y., 7 n. 

 Sitting posture, bodies buried in, 2 n. t 24, 



24 n. 

 Skill of wold-dwellers in bronze-casting, 



117; in manufacture of pottery, 117, 



306. 



