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BURIAL DURING THE BRONZE AGE. 



Leggings. 



hung down in front. On the left side of the corpse was a 

 bronze sword (fig. 27), in a wooden sheath. It is 2ft. Sin. 

 in length, and has a solid simple handle. 



At the feet were two pieces of woollen 

 stuff, about 14J in. long and 3 J in. wide 

 (fig. 75), the use of which does not seem 

 quite clear, though they may be sup- 

 posed to have been leggings. At the 

 end of the coffin were found traces of 

 leather, doubtless the remains of boots. 

 In the cap, where the head had been, 

 was some black hair, and the form 

 of the brain was still recognizable. 

 Finally, this ancient warrior had been 

 wrapped round in an ox's hide, and so 

 committed to the grave. 



The other two coffins were not examined by competent 

 persons, and the valuable information which they might have 

 afforded was thus lost to us. The more indestructible things 

 were, however, preserved ; consisting of a sword, a brooch, a 

 knife, a double-pointed awl, a pair of tweezers, a large double 

 button or stud, all of bronze ; a small double button of tin, 

 and a javelin-head of flint. 



The baby's coffin produced only an amber bead, and a small 

 bronze bracelet, consisting of a simple ring of metal. 



Another tumulus on the same farm contained four wooden 

 coffins, in which were bodies clothed in woollen garments, 

 a bronze sword in a wooden sheath ornamented with carv- 

 ings, two bronze daggers, a wooden bowl ornamented by a 

 large number of tin nails, a vase of wood, and a small box 

 of bark. 



In another instance, near Aarhuus, the dress of a woman 

 was discovered under similar circumstances. Over her head 

 were two shawls, one rather fine, the other coarser. She wore 



