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IN NATURE of Mar. 5, p. 364, announcement is made of the proposed formation of an out door museum at Easington, Yorks, by the East Riding Antiquarian Society. The exhibition of obsolete farming appliances is no doubt a praiseworthy object; but one is tempted to inquire when the Mortimer collection is to become accessible for study by those interested in prehistoric archaeology? This collection represents the life's work of the late J. R. Mortimer, who excavated a very large number of barrows on the Yorkshire wolds. It ranks with similar collections at Devizes and in the British Museum; but it has not even been seen by most of the present generation of archæologists, including the present writer. The collection is of national importance, and if the people of Yorkshire do not appreciate their good fortune in possessing it, they should hand it over to others who do. A collection in packing-cases is of no use to any one.
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CRAWFORD, O. Prehistoric Archæology in Yorkshire. Nature 119, 494 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119494c0
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