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the holes, by which to suspend them\ When they ceased to be 

 suspended, the ears were still retained, in accordance with the com- 

 mon principle of survival, but were not pierced, becoming mere 



Fig. 71. I 



ornamental appendag-es, and indeed, as such, they are very effective. 

 I discovered two, in separate barrows, on Goodmanham Wold [Nos. 



^ Vessels, usually of small size, perfoi-ated e\adently for suspension, have baen found 

 in Denmark, in burial chambers of the Stone Age, where they are associated with 

 unburnt bodies. It is probable that they served the same purpose, of holding food, 

 as did the British ' food-vessels.' I have seen vases, in shape and general style of 

 ornamentation almost like that class of ' food-vessel ' which has the projecting knobs 

 round the shoulder, taken from graves near Tolima, United States of Columbia. 

 They are perforated for suspension near to the rim, and have also a groove on the 

 bottom corresponding to the holes above, in order the better to keep the cord, which 

 held them up, in its place. 



