Pogamoggon, its use by Shoshone Indians, 424 Poison, etymological testimony to its use on arrows, 362
Pole-lathe, mechanism of, 447
Polished patches on celts due to hafting, 89, 337
Polishers of stone, 266, 267; in Kent's Cavern, 492
Polishing, absence of from palæolithic implements, 649; processes for, 43
"Polissoirs," 262
Polygonal flakes, abundance of, in River-Drift, 642
Poppe, Mr. A., doubtful discoveries of hafted hatchets by, 163
Porphyritic greenstone, axes of, 193, 198; celts of, 104, 116, 124, 125, 129, 130, 136; chisel-like implement of, 176; knife of, 346; perforated adze of, 189
Porphyry, rolled fragments of, in Bournemouth gravels, 694; Spanish implements of, 529; slate, polished pebble of, 467
Pottery, absence of, from palæolithic deposits, 658; association of, with celts, 152; fragment of, from Cissbury, 79; in interments, 160, 248, 464; materials pounded for making, 257; possible use of bone instruments in making, 432; Roman, flint flakes with, 283; serrated flints for decorating, 296
"Pot-stone," or steatite, 444; why so called, 451
Poulton, Prof. E.B„ drift implements found by, 626
Pounders, pebbles used as, 244-248; ridged by use, 246; spherical, 250
Pounding-stones, palæolithic, probable uses of, 657
Pourtales, M. F. de, on the use of bone in arrow-chipping, 39
Pressigny-le-Grand, cores from, 27, 28; long flakes at, 29
Prestwich, the late Sir Joseph; researches with author in Somme valley, 490, 527; at Icklingham, 539; at Reculver, 613; his report on Brixham Cave, 512; section of Ouse valley, 531; section of Lark valley, 543; section of Reculver Sands, 617; on drift deposits at Hoxne, 574; on drift deposits capping chalk downs, 608; implements found by, 593, 632; on Fishertonbeds, 630; on uses of pointed implements, 645, 654; on river action, 663; on transporting power of ground-ice, 671; on disintegrating effect of frost, 672; on materials of drift gravels, 678; on level of Waveney valley, 683; old sea-beach found by at Waterbeach, 687; on valley erosion, 697; on difference between high and low level valley deposits, 699; on time needed for forming pipes of erosion, 707
Probert, Mr. C. K., drift implement found by, 538
Prometheus as to cave-dwelling men, 480
Promptorium Parvulorum quoted as to slick-stones, 441
Ptahmes, his name on stone knife, 8
Puddingstone, Hertfordshire, querns of, 259
Pulley-beads, 560
Pulley-shaped rings, of jet, 352, 398, 455 ; of cannel-coal, 456
"Pump-drill" for producing fire by friction, 48, 49
Punches, probable uses of in flint-flaking, 23, 25, 278; in making axes, 32
"Purgatory Hammer, 183
"Pygmy flints," 325
Pyrenees, Claudian on worked flints of the caves of, 480
Pyrites, association of, with worked flints, 5, 313, 314, 316; in Belgian bone caves, 15, 318; in interments, 265, 313, &c., 467; scored, in Trou de Chaleux, 318, 501; use of with flint for fire-producing, 5, &c.; its use evidenced by its name, 16
Pyrodes, myth as to his introduction of fire, 16, 313
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Quarries of stone for implements, 80
Quartz, American arrow or harpoon heads of, 407; Australian hafting of flakes of, 293; beads of, 465; celt of, 136; crystals of, used for boring, 322; Egyptian celt of, 113; flat disc of, 244; pebbles, association of, with flint flakes, 25; hammers of, 243, 248; pebbles in interments, 467; slickstones of, 442; Swiss arrow-head of, 402; implements, African, 653; implements from Portugal, 529
Quartzite, axe-hammer of, 207; celt of, 113; flakes of, 281; hammer-heads of, 225, 228, 229; implements of, 587, 593, 650, 651, 654; implements from Somaliland, 653; mauls of, 234; pebbles of, battered glacial, 561; pebbles, implements of, 566, 579, 594; pebles in Little Ouse valley, 682; plano-convex disc of, 231; qualities of, for implement making, 581; Scotch arrow-head of, 377; spherical implement of, 244
Quaternary beds, freshwater origin of, 679; first discovery of implements in, 581; in Portugal, 529; reported human remains in, 703; fauna, continental conditions of in England, 707; gravel, character of flint implements from, 12
Queen Charlotte Islands, basalt hammer from, 25
Querns, 258-260; from Brochs, 463
Quoit, disc resembling, 440
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Rabut, M., hammer-stone found by, in the Lac du Bourget, 246
Rain, proportion of, that reaches chalk springs, 675
Rainfall, dependence of height of saturation of chalk on, 664; valley erosion dependent on amount of, 666, 668
Rats, perforated discs for guarding against, 439
Rau, Prof., his experiments on boring stone, 48; referred to, 237, 241
Rayos or Centellos, 58
Razors, Mexican, of obsidian, 290
Read, Mr. C. J., on Milford Hill finds, 632
Read, Mr. C. H., on Bolas, 423
Read, Mr. W., C. E., drift implements found by, 623
Red deer, antlers of, used in flint digging, 33; found at Cissbury, 79; flat instrument made from, 432; circle of in barrow, 466; sockets made from, 160
"Red woman of Paviland," 487
Reeds, use of, for shafting arrows, 369, 409, 410
Refuse heaps in Dordogne caves, 478
"Regenbogen-schüsseln," with flint arrow-head, 397
Reid, Mr. Clement, on the Arctic flora of Hoxne, 577; on the Hoxne deposits, 685
Reindeer or Cavern Period, arrow-heads of, 361; cave-dwellers of, in S. of France, 277; characteristics of, 53; characteristics of caves of the, 482; objects found in caverns of, 321; scrapers of, 311; toothed flakes of, 296;_ use of red paint in, 264; worked stones in caves of, 245
Reindeer horn, Eskimo flaking-tool tipped with, 37; harpoon-heads of, 484; rows of holes bored in, 321
Religious rites, survival of ancient customs in, 5, 7
