INDEX. 



763 



Weapons, 33, 39, 159 ; frequently deco- 

 rated, 160 ; rarely found in barrows, 

 51, 190; why buried with dead, 57. 



Weaverthorpe, parish of, 192, 461, 462, 

 571, 619. 



Welburn, parish of, 356, 472. 



West side of barrow, burials rare on, 1 3. 



Westmoreland, 381, 510. 



Westow, parish of, 490. 



Whetstones, 35, 263, 263 n. 



Wife slain at funeral of husband, 120, 

 120 ?(. 



Wilfred, 58. 



Willerby, parish of, 180, 460, 461, 487. 



William Howe, parish of Egton, 334. 



Williamson, Professor, F.R.S., 377 n. 



Willy Howe, near Wold Newton, 5 n., 

 227, 



Wilson, Dr. Daniel, 44, 53 n., 116 n., 

 190, 528, 534 n., 540. 



Wiltshire barrows, 4, 8, 38, 54, 56. 



Wold dwellers, not possessed of much 

 wealth, 57; social condition of, iii 

 118 ; their physical characteristics, 121, 

 127. 



Wolds, defensive condition of, 123, 134; 

 description of, 133; dry, 134; nume- 

 rously occupied, 133; two stocks of 

 people living on, 126; wanting in 

 water, 133 ; wanting in wood, 134. 



Women, social position of, 1 20. 



Wood, absence of, conducive to early 

 occupation, 134; grave lined with, 13, 

 170. 



Wooden club, 278. 



Woollen garments in grave, 32, 376. 



Worsaae, J. J. A., 31 n. 



Worship of ancestors, 10. 



Wrist-guard of stone, 36, 36 n. 



Wykehara Moor, 357. 



Wylie, Mr. W. M., F.S.A., 31 n., 57 n., 

 93 11. 



