Neolithic Implements. 
PREHISTORIC COLLECTIONS 
One of the most successful of the Index Cases to be seen 
in the Museum is that of Early Man shown in a wall case 
near the entrance to the Keep from the Geological Gallery. 
By means of descriptive labels, specimens, models and 
diagrams, the various stages of man’s evolution are shown, 
together with associated animals and methods of living and 
burial. In the table cases below are illustrated all the 
technical processes used in the manufacture of flint 
implements. 
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The Eolithic, Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods with 
their successive cultures are well illustrated and in the 
large upright case are shown axes of East Anglian type, 
arrow heads, knives, and scrapers in profuse variety. The 
drawers contain material collected from well-known Norfolk 
sites described in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 
of East Anglia. 
The products of an Acheulean Paleolithic workshop site 
at Whitlingham, near Norwich, discovered by Mr. J. E. 
Sainty and Mr. H. H. Halls in 1926, are exhibited in a table 
case, and are of exceptional interest, both from the quantity 
of axes and flakes found and from the differences in the 
types yielded by the site. 
The series of Bronze Axes from Norfolk shows the 
evolution from the flat type of 2000 b.c. to the socketed celt 
and bronze swords of about 700 b.c. Bronze Age cinerary 
urns and beakers including an example of the rare handled 
beaker are also shown and the magnificent bronze shield 
studded in concentric rings found near Stalham, Norfolk, 
is one of the treasures of the collection. 
The Iron Age is represented by some early Halstatt 
Pottery while the Roman site at Caistor near Norwich, 
recently excavated by the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeolo¬ 
gical Society (see report) has yielded some remarkable 
pottery and glass which may be seen upon request. Bronze 
objects also from this site are exhibited in the adjoining 
small room known as the Fitch Room, the collection 
having been made by Robert Fitch, F.S.A., of Norwich. 
The Roman glass urn from Geldeston is the largest glass 
vessel yet found in the country. 
Numerous urns, made without the use of the potter’s 
wheel, are shown from Saxon burial places in Norfolk, 
together with fibula or brooches and beads in amber and 
coloured glass. 
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