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Schliemann, arrow-heads found by, at Mycenæ, 403; flakes for sickles found by, 297; grooved stone mentioned by, 235; mealing stones found by, 253; on Trojan sling bullets, 418

Schmerling, Dr., his discoveries in Belgian caves, 481

Schoolcraft on American perforated maces, 216; on hammer-stones, 219, 241

Sciat-hee, Sir D. Wilson on the, 366

"Scies," 296

Scotch fir, submerged forest of, at Bournemouth, 695

Scrapers, classification of, 300; discoidal, 302, 308; double-ended, 307; duck-bill shaped, 304, 305; from Palæolithic Floor, 600; hollow, 319; horseshoe-shaped, 300, 308, 311; in brick-earth, 599; iron-mounted in Merovingian graves, 314; irregular in form, 306; kite-shaped, 303, 304; in kjökken-möddings, 310; method of making, 36, 298, &c.; modern use of, 299, 320; numerous, where flint abounds, 310; rare in River Drift, 643; resemblance between ancient and modern, 314, 315; of the Reindeer Period, 311; spoon-shaped, 308, 310; straight, 319; traces of wear on, 311, 495; use of, in preparing hides, 311, 312; use of, in producing fire, 312-319, 501; why so named, 643; with bronze weapons, 309

Scraping, results of, on flint flakes, 289; wear from, on Brixham flints, 516

Scythes, myths concerning, 361

Scythians, their skill in archery, 361; their bronze arrow-heads, 368

Sea, rate of encroachment by the, 695; on soft cliffs, 707; at Reculver, 686

Sea shells in Whittlesea Mere, 681

Sections of Brixham Cave, 512, 513; at Bromehill, 560, 561; at Hackney Down, 584; of Hitchin brickfield, 536, 537; at Hoxne, 574, 575; of Isle of Wight, 626; of Kent's Cavern deposits, 491; of Lark valley, 543; of Ouse valley, 531, 551; of Rea valley, 579; of Reculver cliffs, 617; at Shrubhill, 569; of gravels at Southampton, 623

Seeley, Mr. H., on an incised bone, 539

Sehested, Mr., his experiments with stone implements, 50, 69

Selci romboidale, 325

Sellers, Mr. G. E., on stone-chipping, 24

Sérifontaine, pits for flint extraction at, 35

Serpentine arrow-head, Swiss, 402; axe-hammers, 206, 213; celts, 66, 125, 130, 138; chisel, Swiss, 177; Merovingian pendants 470; ovoid implement, 467; perforated discs, 216; hammers, 221, 224; ring, 465

Serpula limestone, instruments of, 128, 227

Serration, varying, of flint saws, 294, 297

Seton-Karr, Mr. H. W., discoveries in Somaliland, 652, 653; palæolithic Egyptian implements found by, 652

Sets or punches, 24, 25

Shafting of arrow-heads, methods of, 408-411

Shafts of arrows, compound, 410; concave scrapers for, 320; grooved pebbles for straightening, 268; South American, 407

Shale, cups of, 445; pendants of, 463; rings of, 466

Sharpening-stones, 161-171

Sharp-rimmed implements, classification of, 646

Shasta Indians, arrow -chipping among, 39, 40

Shelley, Mr., flakes collected by, 278

Shell-gouges, Carib use of, 182

Shells, extinct in England, in Cam river-drift, 539; fossil, as ornaments, 484; freshwater, their evidence as to source of gravels, 679; fresh water, with Hoxne implements, 684; fresh water and land, in Ouse gravels, 531; land and marsh at Hampton, 617; used as pendants, 470

Shetland blades, 347

Shield, wooden, in Saxon tumulus, 163

Shoe-shaped implements defined, 645

Shore-ice, transporting power of, 672

Shoshonee Indians; military flail used by, 423

Shrubsole, Mr. O. A., on the Caversham beds, 592

Sibbald, Sir Robert, on elf-arrows, 362; on the artificial nature of flint arrow-heads, 363

Siberian use of stones for pounding, 245

Sickle, bronze, of Medea, 5

Sickles, Egyptian, 297; possible use of curved knives as, 358

Side-scrapers, definition of, 300, 302; in caves and River drifts, 548, 635, 643

Silex, suggested etymology of, 15

Silica, two forms of, in flint, 497

Silver, arrow-heads mounted in, 365,367; present use of stone tools in working, 232

Similarity of wants, similarity of implements due to, 235, 407

Sinew, animal, modern use of, in arrow-shafting, 409, 410; Eskimo weapon of chase made of, 422; its use for sewing, 507, 657

Sink-stones, present use of, 236, 237

Siret, M. M., saddle-querns found by, in Spain, 252

"Skelbs," Scottish for flakes, 275

Skeletons, bracers on arms of, 426, 429, 456; cause of contracted attitude, 149; contracted, articles with, 309, 313; female, necklaces with, 457, 459, 462, 463; jet ornaments with, 454; pebbles in hands of, 467, 468; in Quaternary beds, 656, 703; in Spain, articles found with, 333, 352

Skertchlcy, Mr., on manufacture of gun-flints, 15, 18; on the date of the Brandon beds, ,568

Skins, flakes hafted by, 293; preparation of, with stone implements, 127, 299, 340; scraper for, from Kent's Cavern, 499

Skull, human, in Cheddar Cave, 486; in gravel pit of Ouse valley, 542; near Bury St. Edmunds, 656, 703

Slabs for sharpening stone implements, 261

Sladen, Major, jade celts brought from China by, 127

Slate, chlorite, perforated plates of, 425; knives of, 358; used for arrows and lance-heads, 404

"Slekenstone," its renderings into Latin, 441

Slickstone of glass in woman's grave, 442

Slickstones, various, 441

Sling, early use of the, 417

Slinging by means of split stick, 417

Sling-stones, early forms and materials of, 418; in Kjökken-möddings, 419; their relation to intrenchments, 420

Sloane catalogue, reference to "British weapon" in, 581

Smith, Mr. G., implement found by, at Southsea, 626; Captain G. V., experiments with Kjökken-mödding axes, 69; Captain John, on arrow-chipping in Virginia, 40; Mr. Worthington G., echini found by, in barrow, 468; flakes fitted on to palæolithic cores by, 20, 598 ; finds old land surface under brick-earth, 598 ; palæolithic implements found by, in gravels, 530, 583-586, 601-604, 611, 624

Smoothing stone, tanged, 443

Snake River Indians, arrow-chipping by, 40

Snake-stones, snake bites treated by, 437

Socket of celts, polishing due to friction of, 89, 142; intermediate, of stag's horn, 158, 160; mode of fastening axe in, 156; stone, for hinge, 242

Solent, ancient river of the, 634, 637; its former basin, 638, 690; subsequent widening of, 691

Solinus on the abundance of jet in Britain, 464

Solutré, characteristics of Age of, 484