ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS 



are a large number of model celts made of jadeite 

 and other hard stones. These are of the same 

 shape as the stone axes used by neolithic man, 

 but they are far too small ever to have been used, 

 and they must therefore have been models hung 

 round the neck as amulets. Each is provided 

 with a small hole for this purpose. The popularity 

 of the axe-amulet makes it probable that the axe 

 had some religious significance. 



Finally Halsaflieni has yielded several steatopy- 

 gous figurines. Some of these resemble those of 

 Hagiar Kim, but two are of rather different type. 

 Each of these represents a female lying on a rather 

 low couch. In the better preserved of the two 

 she lies on her right side, her head on a small 

 uncomfortable-looking pillow. The upper part 

 of her body is naked, but from the waist down- 

 wards she is clad in a flounced skirt which reaches 

 to the ankles. The other figurine is very similar, 

 but the woman here is face downwards on the 

 couch. 



The bodies themselves were so damaged with 

 damp that only ten skulls could be saved whole. 

 These, however, afford very valuable anthro- 

 pological evidence. They have been carefully 

 measured by Dr. Zammit, and they prove to 

 belong to a long-headed (dolichocephalic) type 

 usual among the neolithic races of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



We have still to discuss the purpose of this 



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