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little doubt tliat the skins of animals were used, and some of tlie 

 stone implements seem well adapted to assist in their preparation, 

 Wilde the bone pins, and the needles made from the teeth of boars, 

 may have served to fasten them together. 



The Pottery of the Stone a^e presents nearly the same charac- 

 ters in all the settlements. Very rude and coarse, it is generally 

 found in broken pieces, and few entire vessels have been obtained. 

 The potter's wheel seems to have been unknown, and the baking 

 was very imperfect. The form was frequently cylindrical, but several 

 of the jars were rounded at the base, and without feet. The rings 

 of pottery, which at a later epoch were used as stands for these 

 earthen tumblers, are not found in the Lake habitations of the Stone 

 period, but some of the vessels had small projections which were 

 pierced in such a manner that strings might be passed through them, 

 and the vessels might in this manner be suspended. Some of them 

 were also pierced by small holes at different levels. Professor Heer 

 suggests that these may have been used in the prejDaration of curds, 

 the small holes being intended to permit the escape of the milk. 



Several of the vessels are ornamented with simple marliings, 

 generally mere impressions of the finger or of the nail. Neitl;er in 

 the Stone, nor in the Bronze period, do we ever find either in the 

 pottery, or on the bronze weapons, any representation, however rude, 

 of a7i animal ; the ox'namentation being generally confined to straight 

 or curved lines, forming in many cases a very elegant ornament. 

 One vase, however, which was foimd at Wangen, is distinguished by 

 more elaborate ornaments, the lines being evidently intended to re- 

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The lakes on which Pileworks of the Stone era have as yet 

 been foiuid, are Constance, Zurich, Bienne, Neufchatel, Geneva, 

 Inkwyl, Nussbaumen, Pfeffikon, Moosseedorf, and Wauwyl. Settle- 

 ments of the Bronze period existed on the Lakes of Geneva, Luissel, 

 Neufchatel, Morat, Bienne, and Sempach, but none have as yet 

 been found on Lake Constance. It has been supposed from this 

 that the age of Stone lasted longer in Eastern than in "Western 

 Switzerland, and that flint and serpentine were in use on Lake 

 Constance long after Bronze had replaced them on the Western 

 Lakes. We can hardly suppose that the inliabitants of Inkwyl and 

 Moosseedorf in Berne, who imported flint from France, can have 

 been iguorant of the neighbouring civilization on the Lake of 

 Bienne. Perhaps, however, settlements of the Bronze age may yet be 

 found on the Lake of Constance ; but as the question noAV stands, 

 Pileworks of tlie Metallic period are pecidiar to Western and 

 Central Switzerland. The constructions of the latter period are 

 more solidly built, but do not otherwise appear to have differed 

 materially from those of the Stone age. They are often, however, 

 situated farther from the laud and in deeper water, partly no doubt 

 on account of the greater facility of working timber, but partly also, 

 perhaps, because more protection was needed as the means of attack 

 were improved. The principal implements of Bronze are, swords. 



