8 GROOVED ITALIAN DAGGER 83 9 RIVETED DAGGER-HILT 84 10 LEAF-SHAPED SWORD 84 11 BRONZE HILT OF LEAF-SHAPED SWORD 85 12 TANG, WITH FLANGED EDGES, SHAPED TO FIT THE HAND 86 13 CONVEX AND CONCAVE BUTTS 87 14 (_a_) SECTION NOT UNLIKE THAT OF A SPEAR-HEAD 88 (_b_) RHOMBOID SECTION WITH CONCAVE SIDES 88 15 SPINDLE-SHAPED SECTION 90 16 THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLADE BEGINS AN INCH OR TWO BELOW THE BUTT 90 17 SPINDLE-SHAPED SECTION WITH MODIFIED EDGE 91 18 DEVEREL-RIMBURY URNS 102 19 URN OF TYPE 3 102 20 FIVE TYPES OF RACQUET PINS 119 21 RACQUET PINS FROM THE KOBAN 120 22 SWORD FROM ZAVADYNTSE 121 23 MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF TYPE G SWORDS IN FRANCE 123 24 MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF IRON SWORDS IN FRANCE 124 25 TYPE G SWORD FROM FINLAND 130 26 MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF SWORDS AND DIALECTS IN ITALY 150 LIST OF PLATES (AT END OF VOLUME) PLATE AXES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WEST EUROPE I DAGGERS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WEST EUROPE II AN ETRUSCAN PROSPECTOR III FIVE HUNGARIAN DAGGERS IV SIX LARGER DAGGERS V THE SEVEN TYPES OF LEAF-SHAPED SWORDS VI SWORDS OF TYPE A, FROM HUNGARY VII SWORDS OF TYPE C, FROM HUNGARY VIII SWORDS OF TYPE D, FROM HUNGARY IX SWORDS OF TYPE E, FROM HUNGARY X SWORDS OF TYPE G XI SWORDS FROM GREEK LANDS XII SWORDS FROM ITALY XIII SWORDS FROM ENGLAND XIV /Chapter I/ THE PROBLEM