CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



PAGE 



Division of Pre-historic archaeology into four periods First disco- 

 very of metal Allusions to bronze in ancient writers Lucretius 

 Tiefenau Find of iron objects at Nydam, in Slesvick Owner's 

 marks Inscriptions at Nydam Nature of archaeological evi- 

 dence Statistics Pottery of the different ages Bronze weapons 

 not of Roman origin Geographical distribution of bronze wea- 

 pons Summary of argument Bronze weapons not Saxon - 

 Hallstadt I 



CHAPTER II. 



ON THE USE OF BRONZE IN ANCIENT TIMES. 



Bronze celts Bronze swords Bronze spears Bronze fish-hooks 

 and sickles Bronze knives Bronze ornaments The metal- 

 lurgy of the Bronze Age Gold ornaments List of Bronze 

 objects Dress Burial during the Bronze Age Hut-urns- 

 Pen-pits Picts' houses Beehive houses The Burgh of Moussa 

 -Staigue fort, Kerry ... 27 



CHAPTER III. 



THE BRONZE AGE. 



Similarity of bronze implements in different countries The Bronze 

 Age and the Phoenicians Ancient voyages Himilco Pytheas 

 Phoenician colonies and commerce Copper Tin Traces of 

 Baal worship in Northern Europe Objections to the Phoenician 

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