The Lake-Dwellings of Europe: Being the Rhind Lectures in Archæology for 1888Munro, Robert
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The Lake-Dwellings of Europe: Being the Rhind Lectures in Archæology for 1888
Munro, Robert
Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings -- Bibliography; Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings -- Europe
_Stone._--Several hammer-stones and sling-stones, etc. Five whetstones
or hones of the ordinary form. They are made of hard clay-stone or
sometimes fine sandstone, and vary in length from 5 to 7 inches. One
6¼ inches long has a groove running nearly its whole length (=Fig.
140=). A large oval pebble of white quartz used as an anvil. A flat
circular stone, 3 inches in diameter and 1⅜ inch thick, shaped like a
cheese. One stone celt made of a hard mottled greenstone (=Fig. 141=).
Five upper and some bits of lower millstones or querns, mostly of
granite. The former are all somewhat elongated, with a funnel-shaped
hole in the centre and generally a small round hole near the margin,
as seen in the accompanying illustration. Two cup-marked stones, one
with two concentric circles (=Fig. 141=). One spindle-whorl of stone
and three of clay (=Fig. 141=). Two flint flakes and one scraper
(=Fig. 141=). Several worked portions of stones.
_Bone and Horn._--Two chisels, five pointed objects, a small spoon, a
needle with its eye in the middle, a small ring, and several worked
bits of ribs were of bone. Of horn there were about forty worked
pieces--clubs, hooks, bodkins, handles, etc. (=Fig. 142=).
[Illustration: =Fig. 141.=--Objects of Stone and Clay.]
_Wood._--A neat trough, like a butcher's tray, cut out of the solid
wood (=Fig. 143=). Five dishes turned on the lathe, bowls, plates,
a ladle, etc. A piece of ashwood, 5 inches square, having a curious
design carved on both sides (=Figs. 144= and =145=). Six club-like
implements, a mallet, and a few things apparently intended for
agricultural purposes. Five varieties of pegs from five to fourteen
inches in length, with heads and sometimes perforations. One here
figured is 14 inches long (=Fig. 136=). Stern-piece of a canoe, a
double paddle, portion of a large oar, and three canoes. The paddle
and mallet are here figured (=Fig. 146=).
[Illustration: =Fig. 142.=--Objects of Bone and Horn.]
[Illustration: =Fig. 143.=--Wooden Tray (⅙).]
_Iron._--An axe-head with a piece of the handle still in the socket
(=Fig. 146=); a gouge 8 inches long, and a chisel 10 inches long,
both having tangs on which there is a thick ridge to prevent their
insertion too far into the handle; two knives with tangs; a small
punch, an awl, and other pointed implements; a crosscut saw, in three
fragments, together 38 inches in length; a large iron ring; a pair of
shears; and a large three-pronged implement of a remarkable character.
The last two objects are illustrated on =Fig. 147=. Two spear-heads
with sockets and portions of the wooden handle remaining in each. The
larger, 13 inches long, has a prominent centre ridge. Five daggers,
all with tangs, one of which has a bone handle and a brass ferrule.
[Illustration: =Fig. 144.=--Carved Wood (1/1).]
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