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recognition of this fact suggested the homely explanation of 

 the localization of Stonehenge, Avebury and the other mega- 

 liths in their neighbourhood. Moreover, it has also opened 

 a new door in the study of human geography which seems 

 to promise to lead to the correlation of the various aspects 

 of the life of a community and the observation of the varying 

 influences in the distribution of population. 



A study of the map of England and Wales at the present 

 day shows that the population is concentrated most densely 

 in those places where the most desired sources of wealth are 

 to be found. Most of our population is concentrated on the 

 coal-fields and iron-fields, on which our civilisation is founded. 

 So in former times people settled where they found the 

 materials that were necessary for their existence. 



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Sketch Map No. 2, showing the geographical relationship between the 

 distribution of Me.galith.ic Monuments and the Granite areas of Devon and 

 Cornwall. 



It will be well to begin with the region where megaliths 

 are most numerous, on the supposition that where people are 

 most thickly concentrated their intentions will be most 

 apparent. Sketch Map No. 2 shows the distribution of 



