The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 154
Fig. 100.—Smoothing-stone from Hilderston, Linlithgowshire (5f inches in length).Gypseous alabaster. These rubbing stones are generally, I think, of the sameshape as the Fifeshire specimen (Fig. 98). Professor Duns … Fig. 101.—Smoothing-stone from Berwickshire (4 inches long). Rolled pebbleof coarse quartz. obtained one from Hilderston, in Linlithgowshire (Fig. 100).Occasionally, however, the shape is different. Sometimes,for instance, the weavers smoothing-stone is nothing but arolled pebble, like the specimen…
Archaeology · Civilization
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