394 MR. w - G - CLARKE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF 
and Bronze 71. For purposes of comparison it may be in- 
teresting to note that in a list of Suffolk localities which Mr. 
W. A. Dutt has compiled the totals are : — Paleolithic 38, 
Neolithic (Early 75, Intermediate 83, Late 78), and Bronze 30. 
In Eolithic and Paleolithic times the land-surface was so 
different that it is impossible to make comparisons with the 
present. Nevertheless, with about five exceptions, all 
Norfolk Paleoliths have been found close to the present 
coast-line, by the fenland or broadland borders, or alongside 
the present river- valleys. Neither from Broadland nor the 
Fenland are there any records of Early or Intermediate 
Neolithic implements, the majority of which have been found 
in close proximity to the valleys of present streams. The 
greater number of records of Early Neolithic implements are 
from the mid and south-eastern parts of the county ; but 
I suspect that this is because these districts have been better 
worked than others, and not because of the absence of such 
implements from other areas. The number of localities in which 
implements of this period have been discovered probably indi- 
cates a nomadic population, and a long occupation. Inter- 
mediate Neolithic or sandy site implements have been chiefly 
found in south-west Norfolk, and around Cromer, most of the 
localities in other parts having been recorded from isolated 
specimens. The only records from the Fenland are of polished 
or bronze implements, apparently indicating that at least 
in late Neolithic times, some of the fen islets were habitable. 
It is difficult to gather anything from the localities in which 
polished or bronze implements have been found, although 
there is apparently a preference for river-valleys, but this 
is not remarkable considering the extent to which the county 
is covered by water-courses. 
In the subsequent list (for assistance in the compilation of 
which I have to thank many kind friends), I have first given 
the parish, then references to any printed record concerning 
the implements found therein, followed by the public museums 
and private collections in which specimens are now to be found. 
The addresses of private collectors are only given with the 
first reference. 
