G. Finlay on Prehistoric Archeology in Greece. 251 
Art. XX VIL— Observations on Prehistoric arenlagy in Greece ; 
by GrorGE Finuay, LL.D.* 
A FEW objects belonging to the stone period were observed 
in Greece before it was known that they are relics of the people 
who inhabited the country in prehistoric times. The pieces of 
obsidian, generally called, flint by travelers, that were picked 
up on the tumulus of Marathon, were termed Persian arrow- 
heads. This arose from a strange misapplication of the men- 
tion of stone arrow-heads having been employed by the Ethio- 
elers, was misled this opinion. He is s, “while I was 
employed on the summit of the Soros, as the tumulus of the 
Athenians is called, my servant amused himself in gathering 
by the Persians who fought at Marathon, and to have been 
interred with the Athenians after having been gathered from 
every part of the plain after the battle. Her odotus shows that 
some of the barbarians were armed in this manner, though his. 
remark is applied not to the army of Darius but to that of 
Xerxes. Flint of this kind, if produced i in any vd the adjacent 
parts of Greece is at least very rare.’ in Northern 
Greece, vol. ii, p. 481). The great quantit wid small size of 
the fragments found in the tumulus of Marathon Loupe the 
* From a letter to Mr. H. T. uke dated Se A, Feb. 26, 1870, communi- 
cated by him for | this Journal. 
+ A classical and topographical tour through ee during the years 1801, 1805 
and 1806, by Edward Dodwell, Esq., vol. ii, p. 15 
