180 J. Lubbock on the Ancient Lake Habitations of Switzerland. 



ent Fauna of Switzerland in the possession of the Urus, the 

 Bison, the Elk, the Stag, and the Wild Boar, as well as by tbe 

 more general distribution of the Beaver, the Wolf, the Ibex, the 

 Eoe, &c., they difier equally from the drift gravels in the absence 

 of the Mammoth, the Ehinoceros, the Cave Bear, and the Cave 



M. Riitimeyer, however, thinks that we may carry this divis- 

 ion farther, and he considers that some of the Pileworks present- 

 ing a more archaic character than others, they may be arranged 

 as follows:— 



Istly, Moosseedorf, 



2ndly, As being somewhat more recent, Wauwyl, Eobenhau- 

 sen, Wangen, and Meilen, 



3dly, The Lake habitations of Western Switzerland. 



It is of course unnecessary to point out the interest and import- 

 ) of such a distinction, which accords so well with that indi- 



cated by the study of the weapons and the state of preservation 

 of the piles. Thus, the Urus has only occurred at Moosseedorf 

 and Eobenhausen ; the Aurochs only at Wauwyl ; the Bear only 

 at^ Moosseedorf and Meilen. A glance at the table given at page 

 172, will show that several other species have as yet only occur- 

 red at Moosseedorf and Eobenhausen, a fact however which in- 

 dicates rather the richness than the antiquity of these localities. 

 Possibly indeed we may consider the presence of these larger 

 species as an indication of their greater abundance in the olde^st 

 period ; but we must not forget that not only the Bear and the 

 Elk, but also the Aurochs and Urus come down to a much later 

 period. On the other hand, the abundance of wild animals, ana 

 the fact that at Moosseedorf and Wauwyl the Fox was more 

 abundant than the Dog, while elsewhere the reverse is the case, 

 certainly speaks in favor of the greater antiquity of these two 

 settlements. 



The evidence derived from the distribution of the domestic 

 animals is perhaps more satisfactory. The Sheep is present ev-en 

 at Moosseedorf, though not so numerous as at the Steinberg. ^^ 

 the other hand, the Horse is frequent at the Steinberg, while at 

 Moosseedorf only a single tooth was discovered, and even this 

 had been worn as an amulet or an ornament, and may have been 

 brought from a distance. Finally, the domestic Hog of the pres- 

 ent race is absent from all the Pileworks of the Stone period, 

 excepting perhaps the one at Wauwyl, and becomes frequent 

 only at the Steinberg. . ,._ 



If succeeding investigations confirm the conclusions thus indi- 

 cated, we may perhaps conclude that the domestic animals, 

 which were comparatively rare in the Stone period, became more 

 frequent after the introduction of bronze, a change indicating 

 and perhaps producing an alteration of habits on the part of tn 

 inhabitants. 



