In Central Mexico we have relics of a Pygmy people, the dried head of one being offered in Mr. Steven’s London auction room this year (1907).
The last surviving Aztecs, a very diminutive people, we remember to have seen exhibited in Manchester thirty years ago.
All these instances point to diminutive or Pygmy races of men scattered over the world.
As the literature on this subject is so limited, we venture to name the authorities quoted:—
- Herodotus.
- Pliny.
- Homer.
- Philostratus.
- Aristotle.
- British Museum, Guide to Stone Age, by C. H. Read, Esq.
- Dr. Colley March, of Rochdale.
- W. H. Sutcliffe, Esq., of Littleborough, Lancashire.
- The Rev. Reginald A. Gatty, LL.B., of Hooton Roberts, Doncaster.
- Dr. Sturge, formerly of Nice, now of Mildenhall, Cambridge.
- The late A. C. Carlleyle, Esq., of the Archæological Survey of India.
- M. de Pierpoint, of Brussels.
- M. Thieullen, of Paris.
- Sir John Evans.
- Professor Boyd Dawkins.
- Professor Windle, of Birmingham.
- Major Powell Cotton.
- Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston.
- Vincent A. Smith, Esq., M.A.
The Bronze Age in Lincolnshire
The earliest appearance of bronze in Britain is put down at 2000 B.C.
As we have already stated this period is divided into Early and Late Periods by specialists.
Specimens of both periods have been found in many parts of the county, and so far as we have been able to trace them, we have compiled the following list of places where they have been discovered:—
- Anwick.
- Barton-on-Humber.
- Billinghay.
- Boston, B.M.
- *Branston, B.M.
- Brigg.
- Broughton.
- Burringham.
- Caythorpe.
- Caenby.
- Crosby.
- Crowle.
- Crowland.
- Elsham.
- Fleet.
- Flixborough.
- Fiskerton.
- Gainsborough.
- Halton, West, B.M.
- *Haxey, B.M.
- Horncastle, B.M.
- Kelsey, South.
- Kyme, South.
- Langton.
- Leasingham.
- *Lincoln.
- *Nettleham.
- Newport, Lincoln.
- Owersby, North.
- *Reepham.
- Roxby, B.M.
- Scothorne.
- Scunthorpe, B.M.
- Sleaford.
- Toynton, B.M.
- Washingborough.
- Winghale, B.M.
- Winterton.
- Winteringham.
- Wrawby.
- *Witham River.