The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home
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Human (of at least four individuals).
Deer (of three species). Horse (a small variety), numerous. Ox (Bos longifrons), numerous. Sheep (straight-horned), numerous. Goat (one skull). Pig (both wild and domesticated). Wolf. Fox. Otter. Beaver (one skull). Voles (of different kinds). Birds. [Illustration: Some examples of remains of Pre-historic Animals discovered in the Lake Dwellings by the river Costa. The skull of a Wolf. Part of the horns of a Great Palmated Deer. Part of the skull of a Straight-horned Sheep. The skull of a Bos Longifrons or Pre-historic Ox. ] The introduction of metal into Britain was due to the successive waves of Celtic Aryans who by means of their bronze weapons were able to overcome the Neolithic people. The Brythons or Britons, one of these Celtic peoples, seem to have succeeded in occupying the whole of England. They buried their dead in the round barrows which are to be found in most parts of the country but are particularly numerous on the hills immediately surrounding Pickering and on the wolds to the south of the Vale. |
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