418 ■ REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



Fliiit. (F.) 



374. 3*5, and 377. Three finely- worked scrapers. Mound 83. Two other scrapers 

 were found in this mound. 



37G. Part of a scraper. Mound 74. 



A large roughly chipped scraper was found amongst the piles of the border- 

 palisading below the clay, S.E. of Mound G7. 



A good specimen of a iiint core was found in Mound 72 ; another in Mound 76 ; 

 and a burnt flint in Mound 73. 



Flint Flakes.— One with secondary chipping, Mound 67 ; three in Mound 68 ; 

 one with secondary chipping. Mound 72 ; five in Mound 73 ; five in Mound 74 (also 

 a rough flint knife) ; eight in Mound 76 (one with secondary chipping) ; seven in 

 Mound 83 (one with secondary chipping). 



Antler. (II.) 

 32-5. Unusually long weaving-comb, found in seventeen fragments ; length 

 219 mm. (8| inches); mas. width 41mm. (l-J inch). The handle-end, which has 

 been roughly cut off square, has a hole for suspension. There were originally ten 

 teeth, averaging 25 mm. in length. Near the dentated end the comb is decorated 

 with incised dots and circles in fourteen places without any systematic arrangement. 

 Mound 74, 1902. (Figured in ' Proc. Som. Arch. Soc.,' vol. xlviii. pt. 2, pi. iii. fig. 4.) 



326. Portion of the handle-end of a weaving-comb, in two pieces, whicli do not 

 join. The hole for suspension is countersunk on the face of the comb. The upper 

 part is ornaniented with two transverse lines and one oblique incised line, and the 

 smaller fragment with a circular depression with a small hole in the centre ; this 

 decoration was probably produced by means of a centrebit. Mound 74, 1902. 

 (Figured in ' Proc. Som. Ai-ch. Soc.,' vol. xlviii. pt. 2, pi. iii. fig. 5.) 



327. Portion of a weaving-comb which probably had nine teeth originally ; it is 

 very smooth, owing to prolonged use. The decoration consists of roughly incised 

 transverse lines. Mound 74, 1902. (Figured in 'Proc. Som. Arch. Soc.,' vol. xlviii. 

 pt. 2, pi. iii. fig. 6.) 



336. Upper end of an ornate v>'eaving-comb with squared top and a circular hole 

 for suspension (diam. 5 mm.). It was ornamented by double incised oblique and 

 transverse lines ; just below the hole is an ornament consisting of two deeply 

 incised concentric circles with a depressed dot in the centre. Mound 83. 



337. Much-weathered weaving-comb with squared top and hole for suspension 

 (diam. 7 mm.) ; length from top to upper margin of the broken teeth, 143 mm. It 

 originally had eight teeth. Two representations of the dot-and-circle pattern are 

 still observable at the top. Mound 83. 



338. Piece of worked antler, with raised band at one end, ornamented with 

 one transverse line. It may probably be portion of the handle of a weaving-comb. 

 S. of Mound 67. 



339. Portion of a well-preserved red-deer antler, sawn, having a polished tine ; 

 length 157 mm. S.S.E. of Mound 67. 



310. Portion of a large weaving-comb, found in several fragments ; length 

 109 mm.; max, width at dentated end 41mm. The handle was ornamented by 

 crossed oblique lines, forming diamonds. It originally had nine teeth, of wliich five 

 remain complete ; they average 21 mm. in length. Jlound 74. 



341. Point of a tine, length 75 mm., exceedingly smooth from prolonged use. 

 Perforated by three holes, the centres of the two upper ones being 12 mm. apart, 

 the central one and the lower being divided by a greater distance — viz. 165 mm. 

 The hole nearest the point is ratlier larger and not so round as the other holes. 

 Between the squared end and the first hole the object is encircled by three incised 

 lines, much worn down by perpetual friction. The precise use of the object is not 

 known, but it is complete. N.W. of Mound 74. 



342. Weaving-comb in process of manufacture ; length 142 mm. ; max. width 

 across the dentated end 44 mm. The ten teeth (length 27 mm.) have not been 

 sharpened, and the spaces between them have only been roughly cut, probably with 

 a knife (not a fine saw). There is no decoration on the handle and no hole for 

 suspension. Mound 74. 



343. Tine of roe-deer antler, length 143 mm., worked at one end to a very 

 smooth point ; the other end has been sawn off square and perforated longitudinally ; 

 this aperture meets a transverse hole bored on one side of the antler 13 mnj. above 



