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Archæology and false antiquities (1906)

Munro, Robert, 1835-1920 · Philadelphia, G. W. Jacobs · leaf 97

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E ANTIQUITIES to the town of Mourom which, in a direct line, is onlylittle over three miles distant. It occupies a ridge, nowoverspread with blown sand, but not many years ago itwas covered with fir trees. The ridge is sufficientlyelevated to be above the spring floods which periodicallycover the… … Fig. 20. Flint Objects from Russia After Ouvaroff The relics consist of various objects made of stone (chieflyflint) and bone, together with numerous fragments ofhand-made pottery. The first important discoveries atVolosova were in 1870, which furnished a good deal ofthe materials utilised by the…

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