26 Notes and Comments. 
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EARLY MAN 
‘The Rev. H. J. Dukinfield Astley stated it was unnecessary 
to enlarge on the classification now accomplished of Paleolithic 
times, chiefly from the data in the French caves. Formerly it 
was sufficient to differentiate the Drift and the Cave periods.* 
It is now realised that the Cave Period was of vast duration 
and consisted of a succession of well-defined epochs, as did 
also the Drift. Various classifications have been attempted 
as knowledge has improved—those of Monstrelet, Piette, 
Hoernes ; the latest are those of M. Rutot and the Abbé Breuil, 
and a careful table in the Report of the last Prehistoric Congress 
at Geneva, 1912. This definitely established the existence of 
the Aurignacian Period between the Mousterian and Solutrian 
periods, tentatively suggested by the Abbé Breuil at the 
Monaco Congress in 1906. (The names are derived from the 
caves containing the characteristic culture).’ 
IN EAST ANGLIA. 
‘As regards England, Protessor Sollas has assigned the 
Paviland Cave to the Aurignacian Period, and some implements 
with distinctive Aurignac features have been found in Kent’s 
Cavern and Wookey Hole. The object of this communication 
is to show reason for affirming the habitat of Aurignac Man 
in districts where no caves exist. The ‘ Cissbury ’ type shows 
unmistakeable Aurignac affinities. A rich field has been lately 
disclosed in East Anglia—not only in the Paleolithic Floors at 
Thetford Warren and Lakenheath and Icklingham, so un- 
tiringly explored by Dr. Sturge, but in the now celebrated 
‘Grime’s Graves’ near Brandon.f Mr. Reginald Smith’s 
doubts have led to further excavations undertaken in Igr4. 
The results show implements of undoubted Mousterian and 
Aurignac types, and go to prove that the original miners be- 
longed, not to the Neolithic people, who came here when 
Britain was already an island, but to the Cave people, who 
arrived here immediately preceding the Wiirm glaciation, and 
continued after it passed away, while the British Isles still 
formed part of the Continent. It is suggested that the sand 
covering the pits is Loess.’ 
DISTRIBUTION OF BRONZE AGE IMPLEMENTS. 
Mr. Harold J. E. Peake, Secretary of the Committee, 
reported that no meeting of the Committee was held during 
the year, but he attended the meeting of the Association 
Francaise, held at Le Havre in July 1914, and through the 
courtesy of Dr. F. Gidon, its President, was enabled to bring 
* Evans, ‘Stone Implements,’ and Avebury, ‘ Prehistoric Times.’ 
+ ‘ Description of Grime’s Graves, Canon Greenwell’s Excavations, 1870’ 
—all assigned to the Neolithic Age. 
Naturalist, 
