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THE pre-historic inhabitants of Europe are now exciting an interest in the minds of thoughtful men which, twenty years ago, would have seemed impossible, and which can no longer be ignored by the historian. The story of man in Great Britain is rapidly being unfolded, principally by the careful and scientific exploration of the various remains which are eloquent of the condition of things that passed away before the art of letters was known in the north; and, among those who have been mainly instrumental in bringing this about, Mr. Greenwell will ever deserve a foremost place. He has devoted years of patient labour to the accumulation of facts; and in the present work he records the results of the examination of upwards of 230 burial mounds, the greater number being in the wolds of eastern Yorkshire. He has also had the advantage of the aid of Prof. Rolleston, by whom the human remains—fortunately now safe from dispersal, in the Oxford Museum—have been classified and described, in the latter part of the book.
British Barrows. A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in various Parts of England.
By William Greenwell Description of Figures of Skulls, General Remarks, Pre-historic Crania, and an Appendix George Rolleston (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1877.)
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DAWKINS, W. British Barrows. A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in various Parts of England . Nature 18, 429–430 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018429a0
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