CONTENTS. xiii 



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The Witness of Language . . . . . .331 



Traces of Neolithic Culture in Basque Dialects . . .334 



Survivals from the Neolithic Age . . . . .335 



Neolithic Superstitions still current in Europe . . .338 



General Conclusions .... 340 



CHAPTER X. 



THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE. THE BRONZE AGE. 



Celtic Invasion of the British Isles . . . .342 



Classification of the Bronze Age in Britain . . . 344 

 The Axe in Culture ...... 349 



Habitations in Britain and Ireland in the Bronze Age . 352-354 



Clothing and Ornaments . . . . . .355 



Lighting Fires and Woodcutting . . . . .358 



Spinning and Weaving . . . . . .359 



Agriculture and Farming . . . . . .360 



Pottery, Cups of Gold and Amber . . . .360 



Bronze Working . . . . . . .362 



Weapons and Warfare . . . . . .364 



Burial Customs . . . . . . .366 



Temples . . ... . . .371 



Artistic Designs . . . . .378 



France and Switzerland in the Bronze Age . . .379 

 The Early Bronze Age ...... 380 



The Late Bronze Age .... . .381 



Hoards of Bronze Merchandise . . . . .383 



Hoards of the Bronze-smith . . . . .384 



Lake-dwellings of Late ^Bronze Age . . . .388 



Scandinavia in the Bronze Age . . . . .389 



Sculptures . . . . . . .392 



General Conclusions . . . . . .396 



CHAPTER XL 



THE INTRODUCTION OF BRONZE, AND OF THE BRONZE CIVILISATION, 

 INTO EUROPE. 



No Copper Age in Europe . . . .397 



Copper Mines worked in Britain and Spain in the Bronze Age . 399 



