168 REPORT — 1887. 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir John Lubbock, Dr. 

 John Evans, Professor Boyd Dawkins, Dr. Egbert Munro, Mr. 

 Pengelly, Dr. Henry Hicks, Dr. Muirhead, and James W. 

 Davis, appointed for the pitrpose of ascertaining and recording 

 the localities in the British Islands in which evidences of the 

 existence of Prehistoric Inhabitants of the country are found. 

 {Drawn up by James W. Davis.) 



The objects sought to be attained by yonr Committee consist in recording 

 and mapping the prehistoric remains of Great Britain ; it is suggested 

 that such remains may be best tabulated under the following groups : — 



1 . Caves and caverns. 



2. Camps and earthworks. 



3. Lake-dwellings and crannoges. 



4. Menhirs and dolmens. 



5. Barrows, tumuli, and other burial-places. 



In mapping the localities of such remains it is proposed that dis- 

 tinctive signs shall be used to indicate the several groups. 



Localised groups of objects formed in connection with the above or 

 scattered over larger areas, such as flint or bronze implements, pottery, 

 and other similar objects, may be classified, as far as possible, according to 

 the following periods : — 



1. Palaeolithic stone age. 



2. Neolithic stone age. 



3. Bronze age. 



4. Iron age. 



It will be neither necessary nor possible to tabulate and record all 

 the instances in which flint implements have been found, but it is 

 suggested that records should be made of the discovery of hoards of 

 implements, of localities where manufactories have been foand, and in 

 localities where the flints occur abundantly summarised lists of the 

 objects should be given. 



The information may be tabulated under the following heads : — 



1. Object. 



2. Locality. 



3. Date when found. 



4. If previously described cite authority. 



5. Where the object is at present deposited. 



6. Remarks. 



The objects and information regarding them being necessarily of a 

 very diversified character, it is difficult to suggest any form which shall 

 meet every case, and the recorders will use a discretionary power in 

 making their reports. 



It is considered that the objects of the Committee may be best served 

 by securing the assistance of one or more competent persons who shall 

 represent a certain area-district or county, and record the occurrence in 

 that area of any prehistoric objects which have been or may be found. 

 The following gentlemen have kindly undertaken to form lists for the 

 areas appended to their names : — 



