CHAP. VIII.] 



THE NEOLITHIC HOMESTEAD. 



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pestles and mortars and grain rubbers, and cooking it on 

 the fire, generally outside the house, or spinning thread 



FIG. 99. Neolithic Axe, Rhos-Digre Cave, J. 



with spindle and distaff, or weaving it with a rude loom. 

 We might also have seen them at work at the moulding 

 of rude cups and vessels out of clay which had been 

 carefully prepared. 



The Neolithic farmers used for food the produce of 

 their flocks and herds, and they appear to have eaten 

 all their domestic animals, including the horse and dog ; 

 the latter animal, however, probably only under the 

 pressure of famine. They had also abundance of game 



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