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
