. Archæology and false antiquities. f the Neolithicperiod. Their similarity to those found on the sites ofIndian camps, and elsewhere, in the neighbourhood wasalone sufficient to taboo them as trustworthy evidence ofthe presence of man in the Quaternary period. Under the third head Mr. Wilson figures a Fulgurshell showing the form of a mammoth obscurely outlinedon one of its surfaces, with regard to which he writes : Son aspect ne laisse aucun doute sur son anciennete etTon ny observe pas de traces dun travail recent. This TERTIARY MAN IN CALIFORNIA 87 relic was found in a cultivated field in
. Archæology and false antiquities. f the Neolithicperiod. Their similarity to those found on the sites ofIndian camps, and elsewhere, in the neighbourhood wasalone sufficient to taboo them as trustworthy evidence ofthe presence of man in the Quaternary period. Under the third head Mr. Wilson figures a Fulgurshell showing the form of a mammoth obscurely outlinedon one of its surfaces, with regard to which he writes : Son aspect ne laisse aucun doute sur son anciennete etTon ny observe pas de traces dun travail recent. This TERTIARY MAN IN CALIFORNIA 87 relic was found in a cultivated field in the vicinity ofHolly Oak Station, Delaware, and consequently itshistory is of no archaeological value. The LenapeStone found in the neighbourhood of Doylestown,Pennsylvania, is 4 inches in length and i^ in breadth(Fig. 29). It is worked to a smooth surface, one of whichshows the incised outline of an elephant along with somerude geometrical figures and scratchings (Fig. 30). Ithas two small perforations, each about an inch from its. Fig. 29. Lenape Stone (Pennsylvania, America) extremities, thus reminding one of the stone bracer of theNeolithic period of Europe. With regard to the reported discovery of human bonesin a hard breccia at Sarasota, the details are too indefiniteto call for any remarks. We now come to consider the antiquities reported tohave been found in situ in the auriferous gravels ofCalifornia, chief among which is the celebrated Calaverasskull. Mr. Wilson gives an account of the circumstancesin which the skull was found, and, after controverting theobjections raised against its authenticity, accepts it as thegenuine remains of a man who lived at the time whenthese gravels were being deposited. That the skull cameto be discredited he attributes, chiefly, to the fact thatthe presence of man at that early time militated against 88 ARCHEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES biblical ideas, and also to the satirical effusions of BretHarte, who ridiculed the idea of its great
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