. Archæology and false antiquities. of modern civilisationthe inhabitants of the Old World were savages. (2) From this archaic stratum of humanity some tribes THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 249 found their way to the West of Scotland, and others toAustralia. (3) Their divergence from the common stock took placebefore the rise of the civilisations of the Greeks, Egyptians,and Babylonians, that is, at least 5000 (4) The immigrants to the Clyde became graduallymore civilised while still retainingreminiscences of their primitivecult. (5) At a time subsequent to400 ,1 long after the Neolithicperiod
. Archæology and false antiquities. of modern civilisationthe inhabitants of the Old World were savages. (2) From this archaic stratum of humanity some tribes THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 249 found their way to the West of Scotland, and others toAustralia. (3) Their divergence from the common stock took placebefore the rise of the civilisations of the Greeks, Egyptians,and Babylonians, that is, at least 5000 (4) The immigrants to the Clyde became graduallymore civilised while still retainingreminiscences of their primitivecult. (5) At a time subsequent to400 ,1 long after the Neolithicperiod came to a close, their de-scendants became the occupiers ofa hill-fort and two small submarinestations in the estuary of the they revived their ancestralworship, the ritualistic emblems ofwhich consisted of the grotesquefigures, amulets, pendants, weap-ons, and ornaments which latelycame to light through the Clydeexcavations. (6) It follows also that duringall these years the Arunta peopleunderwent little or no change in. Fig. Claystone ORNAMENTED WITH PiTS AND Two Perforations,FROM Dunbuie (l) their culture ; and that at the pre-sent time it must be much the sameas that which formed the primary basis of Europeanmodern civilisation. All these propositions must be accepted as gospelbefore the Australian sacred things can be admitted tohave anything to do with the solution of the Clydemystery. One thing which tells against that theory is,that neither prior, nor subsequent, to this religious mani- ^ See Longmans Magazine for January, 1902. 250 ARCHEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES festation of ancestral worship on the banks of the Clydehas there been a single object found within the UnitedKingdom which has any resemblance to the relics of theClyde idolaters. Nor am I singular in taking this view,as will be seen from the following quotation taken fromProfessor Sayces recent book :— To explain the religious beliefs and usages of the Greeksand Romans from the r
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