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11. Mr. J. A. Da VIES. — Exploration of Aveline's Hole, Burrington 



Combe, Somprset. 



The cave is a partially choked rift in the mountain limestone of the Mendips. 

 It was first discovered in 1797, and excavation was carried out by several 

 investigators, liut all material discovered was lost. 



The Spelajological Society of the University of Bristol commenced work in 

 the cave in 1919. The floor was removed in layers of 1 ft. and sorted care- 

 fully outside. A depth of 3 ft. has been reached in this manner. 



The finds include three dolichocephalic human skulls with broad faces, and 

 many other human bones. These are considered to be remains of a modified Cro- 

 Magnon people. 



The artefacts discovered are many worked flints belonging to a Late Aurig- 

 r.acian or Early Tardenoisian industry, several bone implements, and a stag- 

 horn harpoon with six barbs of the period Magdalenian 6 b. (I'Abbe Breuil). 



Remains of about forty species of animals have been identified up to the 

 present, ircluding reindeer, lemming, brown bear, and lynx. The fauna is 

 typical of the sub-Arctic forest. Below the cave earth containing these animal 

 remains is a deep layer of loess which has yet to be explored. The cave earth 

 and loess apparently represent two phases of the period lying between the Biihl 

 and Geschnitz-Daun glaciations. 



12. Miss NiN.\ F. Lay.\rd. — Prehistoric Cooking -places. 



The series of permanent prehistoric cooking-places which I am now excavat- 

 ing under the auspices of the Percy Sladen Trust were discovered by me in 

 May 1921 at Buckenham Tofts Park, Norfolk. They consist of thousands of 

 burnt flints reduced to a crackled condition. These flints were apparently 

 used as heaters, for boiling water in vessels that would not stand the fire. 

 They are found a foot or two beneath the sod, and invariably a few yards 

 from a stream. 



The bones and teeth of animals such as ox or horse, which occur between 

 the heaters and the stream, point to the exact spots where the cooking took 

 place. Either a wooden trough or a stretched hide would in all probability be 

 the utensil used. This was filled with water, and red-hot flints were then 

 shovelled into the vessel, when the water would soon be brought to the boil. 

 The most important part of the discovery is the presence of numerous flint 

 flakes and definite implements embedded in the burnt flint heaps and strewn 

 around the cooking site. So far these seem to point to the Early Bronze Age. 

 though a few fine specimens of Neolithic implements appear to have been found 

 and used by the later comers. 



13. E*"- Hon. Lord Dunsany. — Worked FJinh Jidiii Uic Sahara. 



14. Mr. H. W. Seton-Karr. — Some Ayicient Implements found in 



So)iie Desert Places of North Africa. 



15. Joint Discussion with Sections C and E on Tlte Relation of 



Karly Man io Phases of the Ice Age in Britain. Opener: Mr. 

 H. J. E. Peake. 



Tuesday, September 12, 



16. Joint Discussion with Section J on Mental Characters and 



Race. Opener: Prof. J. L. Myres. 



17. Mr. E. ToRDAY. — The Mutability of Custom among Congo Tribes. 



Among the tribes visited in the Belgian Congo remarkable cases of con- 

 servatism have to be xecorded, as, for instance, the refusal of some Bushongo 



