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INDEX. 



Bits, bridle, of bronze, 455, 455 n. 

 Boar's tusk, implement of, 389 ; knife 

 o f 37. 215, 215 n., 274; pin of, 33, 

 138, 274. 



Bodies buried facing the sun, 26 ; buried 

 in a contracted position, 22,1 36, passim ; 

 buried in an extended position, 22, 

 22 n., 261, 269, 299, 303, 386, 395, 435 ; 

 buried in a hollowed tree trunk, 13, 23, 

 3 2 > 375' 376w., 384; buried in every part 

 of a barrow, 12, 16 ; buried in leather 

 or hide, 32, 32 n., 142, 411 ; buried in 

 the dress, 31 ; buried in woollen cloth, 

 32, 376 ; buried usually on the sunny 

 side of barrow, 13 ; burnt and unburnt 

 buried together, 149, 152, 153 n., 172, 

 240, 269, 329, 372, 391, 441 ; disturbed 

 by the introduction of later interments, 

 16, 141, 157, 167, 169, 172, 175, 176, 

 182, 184, 193, 200, 206, 214, 223, 228, 

 230, 232, 237, 243, 249, 252, 253, 255, 

 258, 275, 277, 305, 308, 321, 322, 323, 

 33. 367 ; fire possibly applied to all, 29, 

 30, 30 n.; how burnt in long barrows, 

 495, 499, 502, 506, 511; imperfect 

 when interred, 172, 195, 221, 226, 

 260, 325, 326, 363, 388 ; more than 

 one buried together, 15, 27, 148, 151, 

 J 5a. J 55. 156, 163, 172, 175, 182, 183, 

 191, 214, 240, 259, 269, 273, 285, 290, 

 297, 299, 308, 329, 364, 372, 391, 399, 

 399 n., 406, 427; partly burnt, 29, 

 29 n., 30, 30 n. ; placed in contact, 148, 

 151, 156, 156 n., 163, 163 n., 172, 175, 

 182, 183, 191, 214, 240, 259, 273, 297, 

 299, 308, 391 ; placed on a small 

 mound within barrow, 140 ; placed on 

 a wooden platform, 13, 170, 181 ; pre- 

 served before burial, 1 7, 244 ; protection 

 of, in barrows, 2, 13; re-interred, 17, 

 173, 196, 215, 216, 2i8 ; 244, 260, 326, 

 519, 546 ; re-placed, 18, 226, 244, 255, 

 275 ; side on which laid, 25, 26 ; some- 

 times buried without having the bones 

 removed after being burnt, 23, 283, 

 291, 291 n. 



Bone, beads, 52, 53, 138, 275 ; button, 

 278; fibula, 33, 117, 352, 352 n. ; im- 

 plements, 37, 138, 252, 274, 392; orna- 

 ments, 55, 392 ; pins, 33, passim ; 

 termination of knife-dagger handle, 

 207, 207 n. 



Bones, colour of burnt, 16; decayed 

 totally, 28, 185, 202, 301, 338, 340, 

 341, 346, 358, 359, 414, 417, 419, 421, 

 423, 430, 437, 438; decayed when 

 buried in wood, 203, 375, 376 n., 384 ; 

 impression of, 185 ; preserved well in 

 chalk, 185 ; showing signs of disease, 

 312, 323 ; stained by manganese, 517. 



Boniface, the Apostle of Germany, 58, 

 1 20 n. 



Borlase, Mr. W. C., 96, 222 n., 266 n. 



Bowl, bronze, 384. 



Brittany, dolmens of, 13; pottery of, 62 ; 

 parts of body kept there in a dead- 

 house, 17. 



Brixham Cave, pottery found there, 77^. 



Broca, Professor, 532. 



Bronze age, bodies not always then burnt, 

 19 ; burials of the later period of, 50. 



Bronze and stone implements associated, 

 187, 225, 236, 265, 265 n., 359- 



Bronze, armlets, 208, 210, 386 ; awls or 

 drills, 38, 46, 138, 150, 187, 235, 236, 

 275. 283, 313, 321, 324, 366, 404; axes, 

 43, 44, 47, 1 88; bowl, 384; buckle, 117, 

 432; casting, skill in, 117; daggers, 

 41, 42, 42 n., 220, 359; drills, 38; 

 ear-rings, 52, 117, 223, 223 n., 324; 

 fibula, 178, 208 ; found with burnt 

 bodies, 19, 150, 283, 366, 404, 446, 

 446 n.; found with unburnt bodies, 

 19, 138, 178, 186, 187, 188, 207, 208, 

 210, 223, 235, 236, 264, 265, 275, 313, 

 321, 324, 359, 361, 373, 384, 386, 455; 

 implements, 38, 117; implements found 

 at Westow, 490 ; implements rarely 

 found in Wold barrows, 43 ; implements, 

 relative age of, 44 seq. ; knife-daggers, 

 38, 40, 42 .,47, 186, 207, 264 ; knives, 

 38, 265, 446, 446 .; rings, 433, 455. 



Burial, after cremation, 18, 20, 21 ; by 

 inhumation, 18, 19; importance of rite 

 of, 119, 243; persons killed at, 244; 

 places of the common people, 112, 113 ; 

 primary, placed above the surface, 334, 

 335. 336 ., 345. 349. 35", 382. 



Burials, number of in barrows, 1 2 ; with- 

 out a mound over them, 112. 



Burning of the body, a religious rite, 83 ; 

 site of place of, 14; sometimes partial, 

 29, 30, 30 n. 



Burnt and unburnt bodies, buried toge- 

 ther, 149, 152, 153 %., 172, 240, 269, 

 329, 372, 391, 441 ; relative proportion 



Of, 19, 20, 21, 2IW. 



Burnt bones, carefully collected from the 

 pile, 15; colour of, 16; enclosed in 

 cloth, 15, 453; enclosed in urns, 14; 

 enclosed in wood, 14 n. 



Burnt clay, &c., layer of in barrow, 281, 

 349, 349 n. 



Butterwick, parish of, 186, 461. 



Buttons, 31, 32, 116; of amber, 56 n.; 

 of bone, 278; of gold, 56, 117; of 

 jet, 32, 174, 187, 223, 227,229, 229 n., 

 264, 265, 431 ; of stone, 32, 187. 



Csedmon, 58. 



Csesar, account of Gaulish burials, 16. 



Caithness, 'horned' cairns of, 480, 536; 



long barrows of, 480 : round barrows 



of, 481. 

 Calculus, urinary, found in barrow, 286, 



V3. 



Callernish, stone circle at, 6 n. 

 Cannibalism, 544. 



