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Thessaly (Messrs. Wace and Thompson). The remains of 

 several neolithic houses were found, in one of which several 

 good vases and twelve celts were obtained. In another large 

 house, destroyed by fire at the end of the first neolithic period, 

 and never rebuilt, several vases were found associated with 

 many celts and some interesting terra-cotta statuettes. 

 The excavations carried on at Rachmani have enabled 

 the authors to divide the prehistoric remains of Thessaly into 

 four periods. These results are about to be published in book 

 form. 



The report of the investigations in Sardinia under the super- 

 vision of Dr. D. Mackenzie (who has recently taken over from 

 Mr. Macalister the charge of the explorations in Palestine), is 

 extremely interesting to British archaeologists. ' We can now 

 say definitely not only that the great tombs of the Giants were 

 developed from an earlier type of dolmen tomb, as has been 

 conjectured by Montelius and others, but that this develop- 

 ment took place in Sardinia itself. The mysterious civilisation 

 of the dolmen people has long been a puzzle to archaeologists. 

 We can now, however, confidently say that in Sardinia at least 

 this dolmen culture represents an early episode in the great 

 Bronze Age civilisation of the Nuraghi.' 



The Committee for determining the age of Stone Circles 

 has suspended operations for the present year, but proposes 

 to continue the excavations at Avebury Circle in the spring of 

 1911. 



The Committee for the exploration of Lake Villages in the 

 neighbourhood of Glastonbury reported the results of their 

 first systematic digging of the Meare site. These included the 

 examination of three dwellings. The season's work has been 

 productive of a large number of relics, which enable the settle- 

 ment to be dated with a considerable accuracy to B.C. 200. 

 Nothing attributable to Roman workmanship has been found. 

 Bronze objects have so far been much more abundant than those 

 of iron, and that the alloy was worked on the spot is proved by 

 the discovery of four crucibles, upon the inner surface of one 

 of which was still adhering a mass of fused bronze. Several 

 glass objects were found, including several fine blue-glass beads. 



The occupation of this site must have been lengthy, for one 

 of the dwelling mounds shewed eight superimposed floors with 

 thirteen hearths, twelve of which were superimposed. Further 

 exploration will be awaited with interest. 

 1910 Oct. I. 2 B 



