"Reliquiæ Diluvianæ," Dean Buckland's, 487
Resin, its use in mounting flakes, 293, 409
Rhinoceros, bones of leg of, in apposition, 701; hemitœchus, remains of, in Wales with human works, 520
Rib, with incised horse on it, 523
Rib-like bone, marks of sawing on, 539
"Ribbon-sling," 417
Richard, Abbe, flint flakes found by, in tomb of Joshua, 9; Syrian drift implements shewn by, 652
Rickard, Mr. J. C, on palæolithic African implements, 653
Ridged flakes defined, 641
Ridges worn on hammer stones, 246
Ridley, Messrs, E. P. & H. N., on fossil plants at Hoxne, 577
Rigollot, Dr., on implements at St. Acheul, 526, 527
Rings of jet in interments, 265, 266, 308, 352, 426, 455; with radial perforations, 454, 456; of Kimmeridge shale, 456; penannular, of bronze, 456; of Samian ware, 466; spiral, of bronze, 398; of stone, 465; studs combined with, for fastenings, 454
Ripple marking on Egyptian and Danish blades, 359; on British arrow-heads, 392, 393
River basins, present lowering of, 668
River Drift, antiquity of, 662, &c.; causes of crumpling, 697, 698; and surface periods, gap between, 650, 704; implements of, 526, et seqq.; implements compared with those of caves, 474; French and English, resemblance of, 627, 630; mammalian remains in, 528, &c.; molluscan in, 531, 536, 539, &c.; sorting of materials of, by water action, 667, 673
River gravels, scrapers rarely found in, 311; stone implements found in, 147-150
Rivers, amount of detritus carried by, 667; former,near Cromer,572; former, preceding the Solent, 622, 634, 690,694; former, connected with the Waveney, 577; former, represented by the Wye, 521; origin of systems of, 665; transporting power of, 666, &c.
Rivers, General Pitt, his explorations at Cissbury, 33, 78-82; on the classification of flint arrows, 370; on implements in the London gravels, 589; flint flakes found by, in Egyptian gravel, 652; palæolithic implements found by, 604
Robenhausen, pyrites found in lake settlement of, 15
Robinson, Sir J. C, palæolithic implements found by, 626
Rock-crystal, perforation of, on the Rio Negro, 52; piece of in cist, 468
Rocks, calcareous, erosion of, 477, &c.
Rock-shelters, formation of, 476
Rolled condition of implements in lower parts of valleys, 681
Rolleston, the late Prof., his find at Oxford, 593
Rolling-pin and bed-stone, 250
Romano-British village, "coal money" in, 465; shale cups in, 448
Roman remains, stone objects with, 109, 144, 237, 244, 283; in Lark valley, 543; sites, flakes found on, 283; sites, bone pins on, 431; sites, discoidal stone weights on, 443; soldier with bracer represented on monument, 430
Romans, ceremonial use of flint by the, 9; pyrites used by, for fire-producing, 313; staff-sling used by, 418
Rome, bronze shears used at, by priest of Jupiter, 5
Roots, possible use of pointed implements in digging for, 645, 655
Rose, Mr., his suggestion as to tube-boring, 50
Rotatory mill, 254
Roughening of implements for insertion into sockets, 46, 125, 128, 136; of hammers for grasping, 243
Roundels of stone, suggested use of, 49
"Round-nosed chisels," stone implements resembling, 180
Rowe, Rev. A, L., quartzite drift implement found by, 578
Rubbers needed for polishing concave surfaces, 266
Ruddle, rubbing stone associated with, 263; nodules of, with charcoal, 263, 264
Rumph on the "Dondersteenen " of Java, 59
Runic characters on stone celts, 58
Rushes, use of, for cord in hafting, 292
Rutley, Mr. F., drift implement found by, 616
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Sabines, use of bronze knives by priests of the, 5
Sabre-toothed tiger, presence of, in British caves, 508, 524
Saddle-querns, 251
St. Acheul, Kent's Cavern implements of the age of, 495
St. Alban's mill dues, 258
"Salagramma pebble, " Indian custom concerning, 468
Salmon, M. Philippe, his division of the Stone ages, 485
Salt-mines, grooved axes in, 169; stone mauls found in, 234
"Samian ware," ring of, 466
Sand, use of, in boring stone, 49; use of, in grinding concave surfaces, 266; polishing effect of, 659
Sandars, Mrs. E., side scraper found by, 636
Sandstone, cup of, 444 ; grooved pieces of, 83; grooved nodule of, as sinkstone, 236; perforated plates of, 428, 431; pyriform piece of, 442
Sarmatians, their early ignorance of the use of iron, 7
"Sarsen-stone," mullers of, 248; interment under, 352
Saucer of shale, 443
Savage Island, shaped sling-stones in, 418
Savages, modern, hafting of implements by, 155, 161, &c.; their use of perforated implements, 215; of stone implements, 172; of unmounted tools, 171
Savoy, superstition regarding celts in, 57
Saws, flint, in La Madelaine caves, 484; serrated flakes as, 249, 297; small flakes mounted as. 293
Sawing, mechanical aids to, 44; modern experiments in, 44, 297; signs of, rare in British implements, 43; traces of, on Spanish celt, 44
Saxo Grammaticus on Thor's Hammer, 62
Saxon graves, fibula and flints in, 144; flint arrow-heads in, 397; quern in, 259; steels and chipped flints in, 283
Saxon remains in Lark valley, 543; spindle-whorl with, 439
Scales offish in river drift, 540, 541
Scaling fish, possible use, of scrapers for, 312, note
Scalping knife, possible use of stone blade as, 355
Scandinavian axes, 184; how bored, 49; blades, crescent-shaped, 297; flint knives, 8; harpoon-heads, 277; hone, 271; superstitions as to stone implements, 366, 469; two-edged flint blades, 294
Schlalum Indians, adze of the, 166
Scheffer, on burial customs of the Lapps, 283 Lapp divining stone engraved by, 470
