BRONZE ORNAMENTS. 



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as much as 2ft. 9 in. Many of the pins have large hollow 

 spherical heads, as in figs. 51, 52 ; the others vary so much 

 that it is impossible to give any general description of them. 

 There can be little doubt that these ^10.55. FIQ.SS. 10.57. FIG ss. 

 pins really belong to the Bronze Age ; 

 but the fact that similar ones con- 

 tinued in use long after the introduc- 

 tion of iron is equally well established. 

 One of these later bronze pins is repre- 

 sented in fig. 171. Some other small 

 objects of bronze, including two needles, 

 from the Lake of Neufchatel, are repre- 

 sented in figs. 55 60. Bronze ham- 

 mers are very rare ; it is probable that 

 stones were used for this purpose. 

 Gouges are more common. Small saws 

 have been discovered in Germany and 

 Denmark, but not, as yet, in Great 



FIG. GO. 



FIG. 59. 



Small objects in Bronze. Switzerland. 



Britain. Studs or buttons, though not very abundant, are 

 found both in Switzerland and Scandinavia.* Silver, lead,-f- 

 and zinc appear to have been unknown during the Bronze 

 Age. Glass beads were in use, but no vessels of glass have 

 yet been discovered ; in the same manner there are barbarous 

 tribes now which are well supplied with European beads, but 

 which possess no glass vessels. 



* Further information as to the 

 objects of bronze from Switzerland 



f Lead, however, is mentioned 

 in the inscriptions of Karnak. See 



will be found in the chapter on the Lepsius, Les metaux dans les Ins. 



Swiss lake habitations. 



P- 58 - 



