. Archæology and false antiquities. entvessels ; arrow-heads of flint, 500 whole, besides a largenumber of broken or unfinished specimens ; scrapers,750 whole ; borers, 380; knives, 280; nuclei, 5 ; saws,30, the half being broken ; polished axes, 44, many beingbroken ; massive axes, 18 (7 only being whole); hammeraxes, 3 (one only entire) ; plaques or pendants with ahole for suspension, 26, besides fragments : whetstones,72, mostly broken ; figured objects, 17, many of thembroken or of undetermined form ; objects of bone andperforated teeth, 29. Among the fauna represented in the debris the fo
. Archæology and false antiquities. entvessels ; arrow-heads of flint, 500 whole, besides a largenumber of broken or unfinished specimens ; scrapers,750 whole ; borers, 380; knives, 280; nuclei, 5 ; saws,30, the half being broken ; polished axes, 44, many beingbroken ; massive axes, 18 (7 only being whole); hammeraxes, 3 (one only entire) ; plaques or pendants with ahole for suspension, 26, besides fragments : whetstones,72, mostly broken ; figured objects, 17, many of thembroken or of undetermined form ; objects of bone andperforated teeth, 29. Among the fauna represented in the debris the follow-ing animals may be noted : Reindeer, elk, ox, otter, dog,marten, fox, hare, pig, beaver, badger, wolf, bear, etc. 1 LHomme^ 1885, p. 154. - Vol. ii. pp. 232-62. 76 ARCHEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES As to the question of forgery, Mr, Koudriavtsev writesas follows :—? The first who commenced to gather arrow-heads and otherancient objects of stone at Volosova was Mr, Koznov, amerchant of Mourom, who engag-ed gamins to seek for.
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