Manchester Memoirs, Vol. Ix. (191 5), No. \. 



I. The Relationship between the Geographical 

 Distribution of Megalithic Monuments and 

 Ancient Mines. 



By W. J. Perry, B.A. 



(Communicated by Professor G. Elliot Smith, M.A., M.D., 



F.R.S) 



(deceived and read October Jft/i, igij.J 



The aim of this communication is to set forth some 

 results of a preliminary survey of the facts in one depart- 

 ment of the general investigation with which Professor 

 Elliot Smith and I are at present occupied. Dr. Elliot 

 Smith has already presented before this Society some of 

 the evidence concerning the spread of the megalithic 

 culture and the elements of which that culture is com- 

 posed. 1 In the discussion on " The Influence of Egyptian 

 Civilisation upon the World's Culture," 2 which he opened 

 at the Manchester meeting of the British Association of 

 this year, Dr. Elliot Smith put forward a list of the 

 elements of the megalithic culture. Under the headings 

 (/) and (g) he stated that the carriers of the culture 

 "practised weaving linen, and in some cases the use 

 of Tyrian purple, pearls, precious stones and metals 

 and conch-shell trumpets, as well as the curious beliefs 

 and superstitions attached to the latter " ; and (g), 

 " adopted certain definite metallurgical methods, as well 

 as mining." 



1 Manchester Memoirs, July, 1915 : republished under the title " The 

 Migrations of Early Culture." Manchester University Pi ess, IQ T 5. 



2 Report Brit. Assoc, 191 5. 



November 24th, 1915. 



