THE TURBARY OR BUNDNER SHEEP 153 



these conclusions do not accord with previous 

 estimates of the age of our domesticated animals, 

 which he had formerly considered to date from 

 the Palaeolithic epoch. Since, however, they are 

 based on what appear to be accurate data, they 

 must overide the earlier estimates ; and there is 

 really no valid objection against regarding the 

 early portion of the Neolithic epoch as including 

 the turbary period, and thus being subsequent to 

 the seventh millennium b.c. 



