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340 dimensions of the following stations, in addition to those already given, whose measurements have been accurately ascertained :—

Casaroldo (Parma), 200 by 160 by 3.70 metres (B. 100, p. 360).

Parma, 300 by 23 metres (Strobel and Pigorini, Seconda Relazione, p. 149).

Castiglione di Marano (Modena), 114 by 64 by 3 metres (B. 138, p. 19).

Pragatto (Bologna), 200 by 150 by 3 metres (B. 129, p. 138).

In his description of Bellanda (Mantua), Chierici observes that the bacino was a rectangle 96 metres across, giving an area of about two acres, to which he adds, "ampiezza ordinaria delle terremare" (B. 129, p. 80). On the other hand, the two whose measurements have been accurately given by Parazzi, viz., Cogozzo and Casale Zaffanella, show a superficial area of only half this size, a fact which induced Parazzi to observe (B. 146, p. 4) that the terremare in Viadana seemed to be smaller than those of Emilia and that at Bellanda.

Number.— The total number of terramara stations in Italy is over 100, which are thus (approximately) distributed among the provinces Parma, 30; Reggio, 25 ; Modena, 16 ; Bologna, 5 or 6 ; Mantua, about 20 ; Brescia, 8 ; Plaisance, 1 ; Taranto, i. (See Fig. 157.)

Relics.— More trustworthy knowledge of the social conditions and general culture of the terramaricoli is to be derived from a study of the remains of their villages than if they had come within the scope of the earliest written records. The ordinary débris here accumulated, such as the more imperishable portions of food-refuse, stray objects, etc., are arranged in chronological sequence like geological strata, the more recent being on the surface, and the oldest at the bottom. Wherever an object of human industry happened to drop, there it remained, marking in all time coming its relative place in the duration of the community. The industrial remains show that these people founded their dwellings in the early Bronze Age. The presence of a few flint implements and other objects of the Stone Age is quite in harmony with the usual overlap of the