Pilgrimages to the Holy Well and Ruined Church of St. Conal on the Island Inishkeel,Gweebarra Bay,Co. Donegal

AN UN-ROMANTIC VIEW OF THE MUMMERS' PLAY. By MARGARET DEAN-SMITH. From Theatre Research VIII, 2. (1966). Reviewed by Violet Alford.

THE ICELANDIC FAMILY SAGA. By THEODORE M. ANDERSSON. Harvard University Press, 1967. Pp. x + 315. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE PLACE-NAMES OF WESTMORLAND. By A. H. SMITH, 2 vols., Cambridge University Press, 1967. English Place-Name Society, vols.xlii-iii. Reviewed by Wilfred Bonser.

VOLKSGLAUBE UND VOLKSBRAUCH. Gestalten. Gebilde. By LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. Gebärden Berlin. Erich Schmidt Verlag. 1966. Pp. 420. 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

8AGE. By LUTZ RÖHRICH. Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1966. Pp. 78. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE TREE OF LIFE. An archaeological Study. By E. O. JAMES. Studies in the History of Religions (Supplements to Numen), xi. Leiden, E. Brill, 1966. Pp.xviii, 293. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

HAUSLANDSCHAFTEN UND KULTURBEWEGUNGEN IM ÖSTLICHEN MITTELEUROPA. By BRUNO SCHIER. 2nd enlarged edition. Göttingen, Verlag Otto Schwartz &; Co, 1966. Pp. xx, 451;38 text ills., 46 plates, II maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

BEFORE OLYMPOS. A Study of the Aniconic Origins of Poseidon, Hermes and Eros. By ELMER G. SUHR. Illustrated. New York, Helios Books, Pp. 175. $5.05. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

Icenia: Notices of Roman Remains,and Evidences of Occupation,Discovered in Norfolk

This paper attempts to demonstrate four things: (1) There is no adequate documentary basis for Petrie's ‘Northern’ system of lengths. (2) We do not know of any system into which Anglo-Saxon lengths were organized. (3) The perch of 5.03 m is the only Anglo-Saxon unit of which the length is known. (4) There is insufficient evidence to support the view that the Drusian foot of 33.3 cm was widely used by the Germanic tribes in general or in Anglo-Saxon England in particular. Conversely the modern English foot of 30.48 cm has more to recommend it as Anglo-Saxon than has previously been recognized.     

Characterization of bricks and tiles from the 17th-century brick Chapel,St. Mary's City,Maryland

The brick Chapel at St. Mary's City, Maryland, built around 1667, would have been an impressive structure on a colonial frontier where all the other buildings were built only of wood. While the building is no longer extant, the bricks remaining in the buried foundations hold information about the technologies and materials used by brickmakers in the 17th-century Chesapeake region. Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and petrographic analysis of thin sections were used to compare the Chapel bricks and other 17th-century bricks and tiles from several Chesapeake contexts to locally available clay sources. While the composition of the Chapel bricks is generally consistent with that of clays available in southern Maryland, these historic materials could not be linked to any one deposit, and may reflect the mixing of clays from multiple sources. In contrast, building materials from other 17th-century buildings at St. Mary's City could be more precisely “matched” to specific local clay deposits. This paper reports on our initial investigations toward understanding the technology of the Chapel bricks and their relationship to other bricks from St. Mary's City.     

Exploration of Basel Mission Company shipwreck remains at St George's Reef off Goa, West Coast of India: impact of the Basel Mission Co. on society and culture

A systematic exploration of shipwrecks has been carried out in Goa waters since 1997. Exploration off St George's Reef has brought to light the remains of a shipwreck at a depth of 15 m, containing various types of terracotta artefacts intended for house construction. Basel Mission Tile Works 1865' is impressed on bricks, roof and floor tiles. Study shows that the company was active in manufacturing terracotta and exported it to Africa, Australia, Borneo, Sumatra, and other countries. It has been renamed 'Comtrust', and is still producing terracotta using the same techniques. The impact of the Basel Mission Co. on society and culture is discussed. A study of finds of wrecks in the Mangalore and Calicut areas was undertaken.     

A Study of the Folklore on the Coast of Connacht,Ireland.

CHIUS VINCTA OR THE OCCUPATION OF CHIOS BY THE TURKS (1566) AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLAND (1566–1912). DESCRIBED IN CONTEMPORARY DIPLOMATIC REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. Edited by PHILIP P. ARGENTI, with a preface by SIR STEPHEN GASELEE. Pp. cclxxxii + 264. Cambridge University Press. 25s. Reviewed by J. H. Hutton.

A JERSEYMAN AT OXFORD. By R. R. MARETT. Pp. xi+346. Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford). 15s. Reviewed by J. H. H.

THE LAND OF THE RAINBOW, POLAND AND HER PEOPLE. By VIOLET MASON. Pp. 322. Minerva, London. 1941. Reviewed by J. H. H.

IT HAPPENED IN HAMPSHIRE. Items of interest compiled and arranged by W. G. BEDDINGTON and E. B. CHRISTY. 8vo. 8½x5? in. Pp. 24. Price is. Published by The Hampshire Federation of Women's Institutes, 66a High Street, Winchester. Reviewed by P. J. Heather     

Variation in Venues of Slavery and Freedom: Interpreting the Late Eighteenth-Century Cultural Landscape of St. John, Danish West Indies Using an Archaeological GIS

An archaeological GIS is used to examine the late eighteenth-century cultural landscape of St. John, US Virgin Islands. Land use patterns are reconstructed using a combination of historic maps, tax records, and survey reconnaissance. The study demonstrates significant, heretofore undocumented, transitions taking place that reflect dynamic cultural and economic change within Danish West Indian plantation society that includes a significant trend towards land ownership by free-colored St. Johnians more than a half a century before emancipation. These venues of freedom are discussed in relation to broader patterns of estate consolidation and economic shifts.