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Grave-mounds and Their Contents: A Manual of Archæology, as Exemplified in the Burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon PeriodsJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William

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Grave-mounds and Their Contents: A Manual of Archæology, as Exemplified in the Burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon Periods

Name: Grave-mounds and Their Contents: A Manual of Archæology, as Exemplified in the Burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon Periods
Author: Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William

Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William

Great Britain -- Antiquities; Megalithic monuments -- Great Britain; Mounds -- Great Britain

Ancient British or Celtic Period--Sepulchral Chambers
  of Stone--Cromlechs--Chambered Tumuli--New Grange and
  Dowth--The Channel Islands--Wieland Smith’s Cave, and
  others--Stone Circles--For what purpose formed--Formation of
  Grave-mounds--Varieties of Stone Circles--Examples of different
  kinds--Arbor-Low, etc.                                              50


  CHAPTER V.

  Ancient British or Celtic Period--Pottery--Mode of
  manufacture--Arrangement in classes--Cinerary or Sepulchral
  Urns--Food Vessels--Drinking-cups--Incense Cups--Probably
  Sepulchral Urns for Infants--Other examples of Pottery              83


  CHAPTER VI.

  Ancient British or Celtic Period--Implements of
  Stone--Celts--Stone Hammers--Stone Hatchets, Mauls,
  etc.--Triturating Stones--Flint Implements--Classification
  of Flints--Jet articles--Necklaces, Studs, etc.--Bone
  Instruments--Bronze Celts, Daggers, etc.--Gold articles            109


  CHAPTER VII.

  Romano-British Period--General Characteristics--Modes of
  Burial--Customs attendant on Burial--Interments by cremation
  and by inhumation--Barrows--Tombs of Stone--Lead Coffins--Clay
  and Tile Coffins--Sepulchral Inscriptions, etc.                    134


  CHAPTER VIII.

  Romano-British Period--Pottery--Durobrivian Ware--Upchurch
  Ware--Salopian Ware--Pottery found at Uriconium--Potteries
  of the New Forest, of Yorkshire, and of other
  places--Sepulchral Urns--Domestic and other vessels                151


  CHAPTER IX.

  Romano-British Period--Pottery--Samian Ware--Potters’
  Stamps--Varieties of Ornamentation--Glass Vessels--Sepulchral
  Vases, etc.--Lachrymatories--Bowls--Beads--Coins found
  with Interments                                                    175


  CHAPTER X.

  Romano-British Period--Arms--Swords--Spears,
  etc.--Knives--Fibulæ--Armillæ--Torques of Gold, etc.--Other
  Personal Ornaments                                                 190


  CHAPTER XI.

  Anglo-Saxon Period--Distribution of Anglo-Saxon Population
  over England--General characteristics of Grave-mounds--Modes
  of Burial--Poem of Beowulf--Interments by cremation and by
  inhumation--Articles deposited with the Dead--Positions of
  the Body--Double and other Interments--Burial in
  Urns--Cemeteries and Barrows                                       202


  CHAPTER XII.

  Anglo-Saxon Period--Pottery, general characteristics
  of--Cinerary Urns--Saxon Urn with Roman Inscription--Frankish
  and other Urns--Cemeteries at Kings Newton, etc.--Mode
  of manufacture--Impressed Ornaments                                214


  CHAPTER XIII.

  Anglo-Saxon Period--Glass
  Vessels--Drinking-glasses--Tumblers--Ale-glasses--Beads--Necklaces
  --Ear-rings--Coins, etc.                                           228


  CHAPTER XIV.

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