TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION H. 647 
5. Report on the Age of Stone Circles.—See Reports, p. 368. 
6. Ninth Report on the Lake Village at Glastonbury.—See Reports, p. 392. 
7. The Dances of British New Guinea. By Dr. C. G. SELIGMANN. 
8. Religion and Custom in the South Seas. By O, BAINBRIDGE. 
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. 
The following Report and Papers were read :— 
1. Report on Archeological and Ethnological Researches in Crete. 
See Reports, p. 391. 
2. Excavations at Sparta in 1907. By R. M. Dawkins, IA. 
The work of this second season comprised (1) the further excavation of the 
sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, (2) the partial excavation of the sanctuary of 
Athena Chalkioikos, and (8) the tracing of the course of the city wall. 
(1) The buildings of the Orthia site are at a temple built probably in the sixth 
century B.C., and lasting on until the third century 4.D., although rebuilt during 
the Hellenistic period. Secondly, a Roman theatre, built at the end of the second 
or beginning of the third century a.D., in which the fagade of the temple was 
included, occupying the position of the stage building. The Roman theatre has 
now been completely cleared. In the arena or orchestral area were found the 
remains of the altar, built at the same Roman period as the theatre itself. Beneath 
this altar were blocks that belonged to the altar of Hellenistic times, and in con- 
nection with them a deposit of burned refuse from sacrifices and some late Greek 
sherds and terra-cottas, 
More than a metre below the Hellenistic level a deposit of archaic Greek 
objects was reached: this has now been cleared down to solid earth all over the 
arena and inside the temple. Above the archaic deposit was a layer of sand 
which had been brought from the river to raise the level when the temple was 
built—probably, to judge from the objects found in the sand, about the middle of 
the sixth century B.c. The deposit below the sand is in parts as much as a metre 
thick, and ranges in time from the eighth, or possibly the ninth, century to the 
middle of the sixth century B.c, Very near the bottom of this structure is a 
cobble pavement on which stands a large altar built of stones in regular courses. 
This altar is directly below the Hellenistic and Roman altars. The temple that 
existed contemporaneously with this altar has not yet been found, but there 
are indications that its remains are below the foundations of the Roman building 
The archaic altar was surrounded by a mass of burnt matter, amongst which were 
a quantity of fragments of burnt bones. The archaic deposit contained a great 
quantity of small objects and pottery. It was dug in layers, with the result that 
at the lowest levels no pottery except ‘geometric’ was found; above this 
‘geometric’ was mixed with ‘ Protocorinthian’ and a ware akin to ‘Corinthian, 
whilst at the highest levels nothing but this last kind occurred. With the pottery 
were found a large number of small bronzes, pins, fibule and animals, lead 
figurines, and carved ivories. These latter were either small figures of animals or 
men in the round, seals with devices cut in intaglio, or plaques with scenes carved 
on them in relief, Many, if not all, of these plaques were fastened by bronze. 
