and smoke is blown in to stupify the bees. In the case of the tops are closed by means of bladders or earthenware jars the skins tied over them. THE PITS. It will be seen by the dimensions of the pits as given below, that, with the possible exception of numbers 6—7, it is unlikely that they could have been used as dwelling pits, and it is probable that they were used for purposes of storage. The floor of No. 7 was covered over with several large flat slabs of chalk, apparently intentionally. No ashes, or signs of burning, or hearthstones, were found in either of the pits; in view of the likelihood of their having been used to store grain, signs of this were looked for, but nothing of the kind was detected. The filling-in appeared to be the result of natural silting after the disuse of the pits, and all surface signs of their existence had been obliterated by recent cultivation of the site. 3 Half of nearly spherical spindle whorl of pottery. 4 Cone shaped spindle whorl of pottery; the paste is very full of pounded white flint. Half of another similar spindle whorl was found. |