290 



REPORT 1888. 



Thus :— 



1. Palseolithic stone age 



2. Neolifchic stone age 



3. Bronze age .... 



4. Iron age .... 



It may be noted that the more rudimentary state of civilisation is 

 represented by the simplest sign, and as the civilisation becomes developed 

 the sign becomes more complex. 



A combination of the signs indicating age may be made with those 

 given previously which show the character of the object. 



During the past year a list of prehistoric objects found in Derbyshire 

 has been compiled and is appended herewith. Others are in course of 

 preparation and will be available for future reports. In addition to the 

 names of gentlemen who have undertaken to record the occurrence of 

 objects in the localities also indicated which were printed in the report of 

 last year, the following have signified their intention to furnish material 

 for the purposes of the Committee, viz. : — 



M. G-. Stuart, Esq., Hon. Secretary of the Dorset Natural History 

 and Antiquarian Field Club, for the county of Dorset. 



Henry Wilson, Esq., Malvern Link, for the counties of Worcester and 

 Herefordshire. 



William Gray, Esq., of Belfast, for the counties of Antrim and 

 Down. 



George H. Parke, Esq., of Pnmess Abbey, for North Lancashire and 

 Westmoreland . 



0)1 the Prehistoric Inhahitants of Great Britain. 

 DERBYSHIRE. 



Recorder. — Eev. J. Magexs Mello, il.A., F.G.S., local secretary for Derbyshire, 



Soc. Antiq., Lond. 



Table I. — Palceolithic Age. 



C.4.VES. 



