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EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN. 



[CHAP. x. 



found in and around them to date as 

 far back as the Bronze age. Camps 

 of this kind are very numerous, and 

 imply that the tribes were frequently 

 at war with each other, as in the pre- 

 ceding Neolithic age. 



Burial Customs. 



The invasion of Britain by the 

 bronze- using Celtic tribes is marked 

 by a striking 

 change in the 

 customs of bur- 

 ial, which prob- 

 ably is the sign 

 of -the introduc- 

 tion of a new 

 faith. In the 



Neolithic 



age 



FIG. 134. Bronze Spear-head, 

 Heathery Burn, \. 



FIGS. 135, 136. Bronze Spear and Javelin 

 Heads, Thurston, Whittingham, 

 Northumberland, \. 



