Founders of the earliest Lake-Dwellings lived in the Stone Age, and were acquainted with agriculture, the rearing of cattle, and various industries--Art of Boring and Sawing Stones--Jade Implements and their significance among the Lake-Dwellers--Introduction of Metals--Transition Period and Copper Age(?)--Bronze Age and its characteristic Arts and Industries--Osteological Remains of the Lake-Dwellers--Iron Age--The sudden appearance of Implements and Weapons of Iron among the Swiss Lake-Dwellers indicates a new Race of People--Who were these new comers?--Distribution of La Tène Civilisation in Europe--General Conclusions 495-554 Bibliography of Lake-Dwelling Researches in Europe 555-583 Index 585-600 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FIG. LAKE ZÜRICH. PAGE =1.=--OBER-MEILEN: No. 1, Flint knife--2, Flint saw in its wooden handle--3 and 4, Stone axes--5, Bronze axe--6, Bear's tooth, perforated--7, Hammer of staghorn--8, 13, and 17, Perforated stone axes--9, Amber bead--10, Bronze armlet--11 and 15, Stone axes or chisels in horn handles--12, Polisher of stone, with small perforation for string--14, Spindle-whorl of earthenware--16, Flint arrow-point 6 No. 5 in Museum Schwab, and the rest in Antiq. Museum at Zürich. =2.=--BAUSCHANZE, KLEINER HAFNER, AND GROSSER HAFNER: Nos. 1 to 7, Specimens of pottery--8, Spindle-whorl of earthenware--9, Bone needle--10, Horn implement--11, Flax-heckler of bones--12, Bone dagger--13 and 14, Mortised beams--15 and 16, Flint implements--17, Bear's tooth, perforated--18 and 28, Ornamental bracelets--19 and 27, Pendants--20, Involved rings--21 and 22, Agricultural implements of horn--23, Fish-hook of bone--24 to 26, Bronze pins--29, Part of a chain--30, Ornamented knife--31, Earthenware vase, placed on a clay support ring--32, Bronze implement, with handle--33 to 37, Various tools and a spiral. (These objects are of bronze when not otherwise specified) 11 Nos. 1 to 17 after Keller (B. 336, Pl. i. and ii.), the rest, with the exception of 21 to 23 and 31, from _Antiqua_, 1883. Nearly all in Zürich Museum.