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Table of dimensions (in millimeters).

It may be objected, however, that the turbary sheep might have been imported from elsewhere in the culture period II, and that the different large-horned domestic sheep were only the products of crossing with the wild sheep or with some other large-horned domestic sheep, such being found in the pile-dwellings of the Lake of Bienne, as Ovis aries studeri, or as products of the crossing of the wild Mediterranean mouflon on Ovis palustris. The decision between these two possibilities would not be fully possible had not Professor Pumpelly conducted the excavation of the bones with the greatest care throughout. It is of the greatest importance to us that we know exactly the depth from which each fragment of bone was taken ; and it follows that we are able to make the following statement concerning the position in the stratified series, and consequently the relative time of appearance :

Ovis vignei arkal Lydekker occurs practically throughout all the strata ; the best-preserved piece comes from the lowest layer at — 20 feet, the second at —15 feet, other small pieces of horn-cores at -}-18 feet, + 2I feet, and a good piece again at + 26 feet. Theréfore, this animal was hunted and eaten by the inhabitants of the North Kurgan down to the copper period.

Circum-
ference
at base.

Longi-
tudinal
diameter
at base.

Transverse
diameter
at base.

Horn-cores.

Length.

North Kurgan, Anau:

Ovis vignei arkal Lydekker:

— Io feet   

— 75 feet   

-F 26 feet   

Probably domesticated, small-horned specimen, forming connection with the real Ovis palustris: +8 feet

• 20 feet   

• 25 feet   

+26 feet   

~

• 33 feet   

Types of Ovis aries palustris: England:

Lea Valley (coll. Corner)   

Londonwall, Roman times (coll. Corner)   

Lea alluvium, The Mills, London   

Germany:

Naegelstedt neolithic, Prehistoric Museum,

Berlin   

Schlossberg, La Tène   
France:

Grotte du Pontil, Nat. Hist. Mus   

Pile-dwellings of Paladru, Paris   
Switzerland:

Schaffis neolithic, Bern   

Nalps, recent   

62

7o

67

57

32

41

32

42

25

27

25

25

24

32

36

15

37

39

26

40

23

37

22

45

53

43

4°

20

26

22

27

16

14

14

14

14

2I

16

15

22

21

15

20

16

18

19

250

IIo

130

106 I17

I17

97

114

75

85 I20 I05 70

130
I10
I00

I20

75

78

8o

180

200

170

750

94

120

93

II2

73

72

73

72

7o I05 85 54

I00

IO2

75

I00

8o

I00

75