AFRICA, MALTA, ETC. 



of dolmens often surrounded by stone circles 

 from 25 to 33 feet in diameter. The cover-slabs 

 of the dolmens usually rest on single uprights, 

 and never on built walls. Several of the graves 

 excavated contained more than one body, one 

 yielding as many as seven. It is remarkable that 

 three of the skulls showed wounds, the dead having 

 been apparently killed in battle. Several vases 

 have been found and a few pieces of bronze. 



We have seen that in some of the tombs of Bou 

 Merzoug objects of iron were found. This makes 

 it clear that some at least of the Algerian tombs 

 belong to the iron age, i.e. that they are probably 

 later than 1000 B.C., but beyond this we cannot go. 

 The medal of Faustina sometimes quoted as 

 evidence for a very late date proves nothing, as 

 it is not stated to have been found in a tomb. 

 There is no evidence to show how far back the 

 graves go. It may be that, as Maclver and Wilkin 

 suggest, the parts of the cemeteries excavated 

 chance to be the latest. At Bou Merzoug the 

 excavators worked chiefly among the graves on 

 the plain and at the bottom of the hill. The more 

 closely crowded graves which lie on the hill itself 

 may well be older than these. In fact, all that 

 may be said of the Algerian graves is that some 

 are of the iron age, while others may be and 

 probably are earlier. 



In Tunis the dolmen is not uncommon, and 



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