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The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland. — John Shaqi

The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.Evans, John

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The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.

Name: The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.
Author: Evans, John

Evans, John

Bronze age -- Great Britain; Bronze age -- Ireland; Great Britain -- Antiquities

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.

—Huge tables at pages 460 to 463 have been split into four parts each.

—Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=.

—At page 7 and 489 there are a few Coptic words; it is possible
 that these characters will be not properly shown; in this case, a
 translitteration has been here added:
   -page 7: BENIPE and BAA-N-PE;
   -page 489 (index): BENIPE.

                              THE ANCIENT

                          BRONZE IMPLEMENTS,

                        WEAPONS, AND ORNAMENTS,

                                  OF

                      GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

                              THE ANCIENT

                          BRONZE IMPLEMENTS,

                        WEAPONS, AND ORNAMENTS,

                                  OF

                             GREAT BRITAIN

                                  AND

                               IRELAND.

                                  BY

                  JOHN EVANS, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.,

                 F.S.A., F.G.S., PRES. NUM. SOC., &c.

                                LONDON:

                        LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.

                                 1881.

                       (_All rights reserved._)

                                LONDON

                  PRINTED BY VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED

                              CITY ROAD.

PREFACE.

THE work which is now presented to the public has unfortunately been
many years in progress, as owing to various occupations, both private
and public, the leisure at my command has been but small, and it has
been only from time to time, often at long intervals, that I have
been able to devote a few hours to its advancement. During this slow
progress the literature of the subject, especially on the Continent,
has increased in an unprecedentedly rapid manner, and I have had great
difficulty in at all keeping pace with it.

I have, however, done my best, both by reading and travel, to keep
myself acquainted with the discoveries that were being made and the
theories that were being broached with regard to bronze antiquities,
whether abroad or at home, and I hope that so far as facts are
concerned, and so far as relates to the present state of information on
the subject, I shall not be found materially wanting.

Of course in a work which treats more especially of the bronze
antiquities of the British Islands, I have not felt bound to enlarge
more than was necessary for the sake of comparison on the corresponding
antiquities of other countries. I have, however, in all cases pointed
out such analogies in form and character as seemed to me of importance
as possibly helping to throw light on the source whence our British
bronze civilisation was derived.

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The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.

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