Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity Volume 54, PT. 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...originally been twice as large, and the bone was gradually closing up the hole when he died. I much regretted that there was not some one present at the digging who had a good knowledge of anatomy; but there appears to be no doctor nearer than "Worthing. the conclusion that the cemetery belonged to those who held the land. We can at present draw no conclusions from the number of burials, for part remain unexplored, but it seems probable that the settlement to which the cemetery belonged was on the lower land, at Goring or F erring. each about a mile distant, and this, again, would lead us to believe that the people lived in a state of security. It is, therefore, more reasonable to think that a considerable time had elapsed since the first landing of the Saxons, and I should be inclined, failing more precise evidence, to place this cemetery somewhere towards the end of the sixth century. Before concluding I think it right to express my thanks to Mr. Henty for giving me the opportunity of exploring this cemetery and for his promise to let me finish the work next autumn. XIX.--On an ancient Mexican Head-piece, coated with Mosaic. By Charles Heecules Read, Esq., Secretary. Read December 14th, 1893. It is comparatively seldom that relics of antiquity from the American continent are laid before the Society. There is one good reason for this, in the impossibility, in most cases, of assigning any date to American antiquities. We may be able, from internal evidence, to show that an object was made after the discovery of the continent, and in that case it belongs to the beginning of modern times. If, on the other hand, there is reason for placing it before the time of Columbus, there is little to say beyond the bare statement of that fact. In the absence of inte...