80 DANISH COASTFINDS. 



harpoons, arrow-heads, and spear-heads, also occur; and 

 FIG. 95. pierced teeth seem to have been not unfrequently 

 worn as amulets. 



Stone implements of the forms above described 

 are frequently found on the surface of the ground, 

 or are dug up in agricultural or other operations. 

 But those found singly in this manner have com- 

 paratively little scientific value; it is only when 

 found in considerable numbers, and especially when 

 associated with other remains, that they serve to 

 throw much light on the manners and customs of 

 ancient times. As already mentioned, the tumuli, 

 the Lake -habitations, and the shell -mounds, are 

 specially valuable in this respect, but I must also 

 say a few words about the "Coastfinds" of the 

 Danish antiquaries. "Coastfinds" are discoveries 

 of rude flint implements, which are found lying 

 in large numbers on certain spots along the old 

 line of coast. These discoveries have received 

 from the Danish antiquaries the name of "Kyst- 

 funden," or, as we may translate it, " Coastfinds/' 

 Owing, probably, to the elevation of the land 

 which has taken place in Jutland since the Stone 

 age, some of them are now on dry ground, and as 

 the shore is very flat, the elevation, slight as it is, 

 has in some cases been sufficient to separate them 

 by a considerable distance from the present water- 

 line. Some, on the other hand, are at lower levels ; 

 one, for instance, close to the Railway station at 

 Korsoer, is exposed only at low tide, and others 

 are always covered. The "Coastfinds," however, 

 belong probably to different classes. Thus, one at 

 Denmark" Anholt was evidently a workshop of flint imple- 

 ments, as is shown by the character of the chips, and by the 



