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The shell -mounds and coast-finds, according to Professor 

 Worsaae, are characterized by very rough flint implements 

 (figs. 108 110, 172 176), and are the remains of a much 

 ruder and more barbarous people than that which constructed 

 the large Stone Age tumuli, and made the beautiful weapons, 

 etc., found in them. He does not altogether deny that a few 

 well-worked implements, and fragments of such, have been 

 found in the Kjokkenmoddings, but he considers that some 

 of these at least may be altogether more recent than the shell- 

 mounds in which they are reported to have been found, and, 

 at any rate, that their presence is altogether exceptional. At 

 Meilgaard, for instance, the researches undertaken under the 

 superintendence of the late king in June, 1861, produced 

 more than five hundred flint flakes and other rude implements, 

 but not a single specimen with a trace of polishing, or in any 

 way resembling the flint implements found in the tumuli. 

 On the other hand, these rude implements are said to be 

 wanting in the tumuli, where they are replaced by instru- 

 ments of a different character and more skilful workmanship. 

 Moreover, while it is admitted on all hands that the shell- 

 mound makers had no domestic animal but the dog, and no 

 knowledge of agriculture, Prof. Worsaae considers that during 

 the later Stone Age the inhabitants of Denmark certainly 

 possessed tame cattle and horses, and had in all probability 

 some knowledge of agriculture. 



Prof. Steenstrup is of an entirely different opinion, and 

 considers that the Kjokkenmoddings and Stone Age tumuli 

 were contemporaneous. He denies altogether that remains of 

 tame oxen or horses have been found in tumuli of the Stone 

 Age, except in a very few instances, and in these he main- 

 tains that the fragments which have occurred are evidently not 

 coeval with the mounds themselves, and that in all probability 

 they have been introduced by foxes. He admits that the 

 stone implements from the shell-mounds and coast-finds are 



