100 CUP-SHAPED AND OTHER LAPIDAEIAN SCULPTUEES. 



name given to Siva; his character in Hindoo mythology, p. 33-34. — Wor- 

 ship of Mahadeo and Yoni in India; their conventional representations in 

 general; in the Chandeshwar temple, p. 34-35. — They resemble the rock- 

 sculptures in the neighborhood; description of the Chandeshwar temple; 

 Mahadeo symbols of different kinds; those of the poorer class roughly cut 

 out on stone slabs, p. 35-36. — Temples near Chandeshwar built in imitation 

 of Mahadeo symbols; customs in the Punjab relating to Mahadeo- worship; 

 Mr. Rivett-Carnac's conclusion: he connects the megalithic monuments and 

 primitive sculptures of Europe with those of India, p. 36-38. — Previous 

 discovery of cupped boulders on the banks of the Indus (Cashmere) by 

 Dr. Verch^re; the cups considered by him as the results of glacial 

 action; Prof. Desor refutes this erroneous view; Prof Desor's inferences: 

 he ascribes European cup and ring-cuttings, megalithic monuments, etc., 

 to Aryan immigrants, their arrival marking the beginning of the neolithic 

 period, p. 38-39. 



Part II. — Primitive Lapidarian Sculptures in America. 



North America. — Hammer-stones (so-called) in the United States ; in 

 Europe; their apphcation; cannot have been used in finishing flint imple- 

 ments of superior workmanship ; methods of chipping flint among modern 

 North American Indians, p. 41-42. — Pitted stones ; many of them not 

 bruised at their circumference, and consequently not applied as supposed ; 

 speculations as to their use; perhaps employed in breaking hard-shelled 

 fruits, p. 42-43. — Nuts as an article of food among the North American In- 

 dians; "nut-stones" first described by Col. Charles C. Jones, p. 43-45.— 

 Small cup-stones with a cavity on one side or on both ; used as paint-mor- 

 tars, p. 45-46. — Cup-stones of larger size with a number of cavities, per- 

 haps paint-mortars; Zimi paint-cups of earthenware ; pestle with cup-shaped 

 cavity obtained from the Tesuque Indians, p. 46-48.— A cup-stone from 

 Ohio described by Messrs. Squier and Davis; its transfer to the Blackmore 

 Museum (England) ; Mr. E. T. Stevens's view concerning this stone, p. 48- 

 49. — Cup-stones frequent in Ohio; called spindle-socket-stones by Col. 

 Charles Whittlesey ; Adair on the method of spinning among the Southern 

 Indians; spindles used by the Navajos, Pueblo Indians, etc.; no an- 



