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Loudon (U.P.):-Doctor R. E. the defensive system which is com- Mortimer Wheeler, Fellow of the mon to the majority of these ancient Society of Antiquaries, and Keeper villages An abundance of animal of the London Museum, told the bones and querns, a primitive form Laited Press in an exclusive inter-f"hand-mill for grinding cora, in- view that British archaeologists ditates that the inhalatante kept have employed airplanes to study herds of cattle and were als evidences of the people who in-agriculturista habited this country thousands of years before Christ
Similar discoveries were made at the Trundle and Whitehawk camps, both of which were also on hills. It was found that all three sites were of the neolithic age.
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Since the war," he said, "scien- tific excavation has been carried on here on a scale never before at
One of the most important dis tempted. With the aid of aerial survey and photography more £nds coveries in England of recent years, and data relating to Britain's in Dr. Wheeler's opinion, was that
have bren dis-ol Woodhenge
Durrington, early history covered than since the foundations | Wiltshire. This was so called be- of British field-archaeology were cause the remains were but two laid by General Pitt-Rivers in the miles from the world-famous Stone- eighties and nineties of last cen- henge, and resembled this orienta- tury.
tion to the rising sun at mid- summer, almost in detail, except that the latter, is constructed of stone, and the former from wood.
From Cornwall to Orkney,
Cave
In the year 1998 alone, some- thing over $10,000 was spent upon
Grouched Skeleton of Child. the actual labour of archaeological: excavation in the British Isles. Tho
"A photograph from the air, in sites explored range. geographically 1926, said Dr. Waceler, of a from Cornwall to Orkney, and circular bank and ditch, hitherto chronologically from the Period to the Middle Ages.
regarded as a large but otherwise "For instance," continued Doctor normal disc har revealed a Wheeler, there are the Cresswells of dots thin it arranged in Crags in Derbyshire which were dis some order. On excavation in the covered last year, and in which years 1926-26, these, dots proved to excavation is still being carried out. i represent flied-in holes forming six This series of caves dates back to concentric oval rings, Evidence was found proving that these holes occe field timber uprights.
the old stone, or paleolithic age. Many examples of early art and fint-working were found in the eaves revealing the gradual develop
ment in culture.
One of the most important dis, coveries was a reindeer bone en- graved with a masked human figure rather like the African" "witch- doctor. This is the earliest work cf art ret discovered, in Britain, and is a typical example of what se have done during the last ten years or so to unearth the history ef carly Britain.”
Photography and survey from the air have led to the discovery of earthworks or camps and traces of she: primitive man of about four thousand years ago, Dr. Wheeler raid..
With the exception of a skeleton below the floor of the ditch and a cremation in one of the larger holes, the only burial found was that of the crouched skeleton of a oval. The skull had been cleft he child in a grave within the inner foro burial, and it is suggested, that the burial was in the nature of sacrificial or dedicatory one."
people had an elaborate system of agriculture, and there are atill traces of the low stone walls with which, they surrounded their fields."
Britain during the Roman oc- cupation is now being studied on a much larger scale than ever before. particularly from the point of view of military occupation, Dr. Wheeler declared.
"Excavations have been and are being carried out at the four places where permanent legions of the Roman army were stationed," be said. "These are Caerleon-on-Usk, Monmouthshire; Richborough, Kent; Chester, Cheshire; and York, Yorkshire.
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Handed Over to Nation. "At Caerleon-on-Usk the pitheater, close outside the walls of the Roman fortress, has been clear- ed and handed over to the nation.. There is a belief that it was in this ampitheater that King Arthur held his round table conferences with his knights, and liberal subscriptions have been received from the Ameri
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More recently, the defences and some of the barrack blocks and other buildings enclosed by them have been partially explored and the plan of the Roman fortress is now beginning to emerge. The fortress But some Brands are better than others." was built at the time of the Roman conquest of South Wales, about 75 A.D. It was partially rebuilt about 100 A.D. and again in the early years of the third century, but seems to have declined in importance in the fourth century, when all or most of its garrison was transferred to other fortresses, notably Rich berough.
Excavation on the Roman town and fortress at Righborough, near. | This suggestion comes from the Sandwich, Kent, has been going on fact that it is known that Stone-nce 1922 the doctor continued. henge was 22 ancient temple, the "As the principal Kentish port in frites of which may have included Roman times, Richborough must sacrifices to the sun. It is also be have been among the earliest sites lieved that Woodhenge was the pro- occupied by the Romans in Britain, totype and forerunner of Stone- and the excavations have, in fact, revealed traces of a large camp benge.
dating apparently from the early Camps and Earthworks.
years of the Roman invasion. "In fact," the doctor said, con Above this are remains of on "A series of Stone Age villages,cluding his description of the early military occupation Including ex- howing for the first time where the British discoveries, "perial survey tensive traces of a large monument stone-age man lived, he were ca, has shown that the whole country which may be supposed to have have been discovered at: Windmill side may be said to be dotted with stood as a sea-mark on the cross Hill near Avebury in Wiltshire; the camps or earthworks which are real-shaped platform in the midst of the Trundle, near Goodwood in Sussexly prehistorie villages or towns. and at Whitehawk camp, Lear Brighton in Sussex.
At Windmill H.
Excavation revealed that the summit of Windmill Hill is sur- rounded by three concentric systems of ditches, which are remarkable
Very little was known about these before the war, but with the aid of aerial observations we are now trying to find how the popula- tion lived in Britain in the last five centuries before Christ.
in that they are interrupted at "These villages or towns were all Most Popular & Famous Perfume frequent intervals by gangways and fortified and generally built on do not therefore form in themselves hills There are evidences that the
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The New Banvard English Comedy Company: "A Cuckoo in the Nest Star Theatre, 9:13 pm Queen's Theatre: The Mysteri ous Lady."
The King of
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