Abstract

MR. BURKITT feels a difficulty in catering on one hand for the needs of South Africans, who naturally are interested in tracing the connexions of their local finds with the archaeology of the northern hemisphere, and, on the other hand, to bring to the notice of European prehistorians the very considerable amount of investigation that has already been done in South Africa. As a matter of fact he has succeeded in doing both in an admirable manner. He has given a clear synopsis of the main stone industries of South Africa, with brief but sufficient descriptions of the various types of tools, that certainly will give the European archaeologist a just conception of the whole subject, and one can well believe that South African students will find it equally valuable; Mr. Burkitt pays a well-deserved tribute of appreciation to the work done by these local archaeologists. South Africa's Past in Stone and Paint. By M. C. Burkitt. Pp. xiv + 183 + 9 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1928.) 12s. 6d. net.

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