102 PALAEOLITHIC ENGBAVING ON A BONE. [April IQI/J, 



Palaeolithic Man, and appeared to be greatly debased in the 

 later or Neolithic type. Certainly the workmanship did not 

 resemble that of the still later Bronze Age. The hog-maned horse 

 again, of which he believed the existing Japanese pony to be a 

 survival, apparently did not exist in Europe in Neolithic times. 



Mr. W. Dale said that he was present when the incised bone 

 from Creswell Crags was first shown, and recollected the fine series 

 of mammalian teeth and bones associated Avith it. which were 

 shown at the same time. The fauna was Pleistocene, and the 

 implements undoubtedly Palaeolithic. 



Mr. A. S. Kennard wished to congratulate the Author on the 

 importance of the find. Hitherto the only known relic of Late 

 Palaeolithic art from these islands Avas the AA 7 ell-knoAvn example 

 from the Robin Hood CaA^e, and doubts had been expressed whether 

 it really was in situ in that cavern — hence this additional find 

 was of the utmost importance. Tt Avas noteworthy that, while such 

 relics were common in France, they were extremely scarce in 

 England. 



Mr. C. D. Sherborn explained that the cuts on the bone were 

 not those of a knife, but rather of a graving-tool like the burin 

 of the line-engraver. 



Dr. A. P. Young asked whether the set of lines, prolonged so as 

 to reach below the level of the roots of the hairs of the mane in 

 front, might not have been intended to represent a forelock. 



Mr. S. H. Warren said that the evidence for the dating of the 

 specimen rested largely upon its artistic style. He had given a 

 good deal of attention to the Later Palaeolithic art. and especially 

 to the comparison of its style with that of the artistic productions 

 of modern savages, and with the later prehistoric art of Europe. 

 In the case of the Bushmen and some other modern savages, there 

 was a certain general resemblance to Palaeolithic art, but in his 

 opinion this had often been exaggerated. In its essential qualities 

 the Later Palaeolithic art stood out as something different from the 

 art of any other people. 



The Neolithic art bore no comparison with that of the Mag- 

 dalenian age. The only Neolithic animal engravings known to the 

 speaker that were reminiscent of the earlier style, Avere some 

 found in the dolmens of Portugal ; but even this AA^as exceedingly 

 debased art. 



After examining the specimen on the table, one could have 

 no hesitation in stating that its artistic style Avas characteristically 

 Palaeolithic, and there could be no doubt of its Palaeolithic age. 



During recent years evidence had accumulated upon the 

 Continent, which showed that some kind of halter Avas placed 

 upon the heads of horses in the Magdalenian age, and there 

 could be little doubt that the wild horse Avas habitually ramed, 

 although it had probably not been domesticated. It was, therefore, 

 very probable that certain designs seen on the flanks of the 

 animals in the Palaeolithic engravings were intended to represent 

 a pack. The speaker wondered whether the more indefinite lines 



