394 Anthropology at the British Association. 
Trap-stones,’ an ingenious but unconvincing suggestion that 
certain large pointed stones had been used by prehistoric man 
for strategic hunting. 
‘Excavations at the Hill-fort, Parc-y-Meirc, Abergele,’ by 
Mr. W. Gardner brings the consideration of the papers dealing 
with British Archeology to a close. 
An account of the preliminary excavation of a cave 
adjoining that known as La Cotte de St. Brelade, on the south 
coast of Jersey, during which a Mousterian floor, with char- 
acteristic implements, was found, was contributed by Mr. 
R. R. Maret in ‘ Recent Archeological Discoveries in the 
Channel Islands.’ Exploration work has also been done at 
St. Ouens (Jersey), and at L’Islet, St. Sampsons (Guernsey), 
where a type of dolmen, unusual in the island, is situated. 
Amongst the smaller finds, which include alleged eoliths and 
paleoliths, a stone object resembling a mould, found at the 
neolithic level, deserves mention. 
Mr. H. J. E. Peake, by comparing the number and dis- 
tribution of flat celts and flanged celts in the Lower Rhone 
Valley with those found in equal areas of Great Britain or 
Germany, suggests that during the first Bronze Period the 
people were in a neolithic state of culture. There are indica- 
tions of a line of trade between the Po Valley and the copper 
mines of Spain. . 
Roman Archeology was represented by two papers by Mr. 
T. Ashby, ‘The Via Appia’ and ‘ The Aqueducts of Ancient 
Rome.’ As far as Beneventum considerable remains of the 
Via Appia still exist, but beyond this town there is considerable 
doubt about its course. In the neighbourhood of Bari, in the 
territory traversed by the Via Traiana, which is a continuation 
of the Via Appia, are the only dolmens and menhirs known 
in Italy except the group in Terra d’ Otranto. A group of 
four hitherto unknown menhirs close to the road was dis- 
covered. 
‘A Contribution to the Archeology of Cyprus’ was made 
by Mr. J. L. Myres, who is already on his way to make further 
investigations in the island, which we have strong evidence 
to regard as one of the great centres of industry of early times. 
Two papers were contributed by Professor Flinders Petrie 
upon Egypt. In ‘ Recent Discoveries of the British School 
in Egypt’ we have the most complete record yet made of 
any cemetery, including the exploration of about eight hundred 
graves. Tarkhan, the scene of the excavations, must be 
regarded as the pre-Memphite capital of Egypt, and probably 
the most important centre in studying the earliest historical 
race (First Dynasty, 5,500 B.C.) of Egypt. 
The preservation of these tombs is remarkable, the earliest 
form of the mastaba and tomb chapel, with the slits for the 
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