390 EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN. [CHAP. x. 



or stamped in repousse. Socketed celts make their 

 appearance, and articles which, according to Montelius, 



FIG. 148. Bronze Battle-axe, Denmark. 



have been derived from the south of Europe. Most, 

 however, have been manufactured in Scandinavia. 1 



The extraordinary beauty of Scandinavian bronze 

 ornaments and weapons may be gathered from the 

 accompanying figures. Fig. 147 represents a diadem of 

 bronze found in Denmark, showing the characteristic 



FIG. 149. Bronze Axe plated with gold. 



style of ornamentation; and Fig. 148 a bronze battle- 

 axe fifteen inches in length and seven pounds in weight. 



1 For a list of articles of the Bronze age in Sweden, see Montelius, 

 Congr. Int. Archeol Prdhist., Stockholm vol., 1874, p. 510. Figs. 147 to 

 150, from Denmark, are borrowed from Worsaae, Primeval Antiquities, 

 8vo, transl. Thorns, 1849. 



