SUMMARY. 



Introduction. — Pierres a ecuelles, Schalensteine, cnp-stones, definition; 

 reference to Prof. Desor's pamphlet entitled "Les Pierres h ficuelles", p. 7. — 

 Occurrence of cup-stones in America, p. 8. 



Part I. — Primitive Lapidarian Sculptures in Europe and Asia. 



Scotland, etc. — "Archaic Sculptures of Cups, Circles, etc., upon Stones 

 and Rocks in Scotland, England, and other Countries," by Prof J. Y. Simp- 

 son; occui'rence of cup-shaped cavities and other primitive sculptures in 

 the British Islands, more especially in Scotland, on raegalithic monuments, 

 in weems or underground houses, in fortified buildings, in and near ancient 

 towns and camps, on the surface of isolated rocks, on isolated stones, p. 9- 

 10. — Simpson's classification of primitive sculptures: single cups, cups sur- 

 rounded by a single ring, cups suiTOunded by a series of concentric com- 

 plete rings, cups surrounded by a series of concentric but incomplete rings, 

 having a straight radial groove, cups surrounded by concentric rings and 

 flexed lines, concentric rings without a central cup, concentric circular lines 

 of the form of a spii'al or volute, p. 10-11. — Chief deviations from the 

 principal types; cups connected by grooves; examples of Scottish cup and 

 ring-cuttings; megalithic structures, etc., mentioned by Prof Simpson, 

 which exhibit cup-cavities unaccompanied by other sculptures, p. 11-14. 



England. — Reference tb Mr. George Tate's work "The Ancient British 

 Sculptured Rocks of Northumberland and the Eastern Borders"; Northum- 

 brian sculptures analogous to those hitherto considered; absence of the spiral 

 line; cups always accompanied by other designs; the sculptures occur on 

 megalithic monuments or within or near ancient camps, p. 15-16. — Small 

 cup-stones discovered by Rev. William Greenwell in British barrows; they 



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