264 The Grave-mounds of Derbyshire, and their Contents. 



are generally placed near the head of the skeleton. They are 

 generally of from four to six inches in height, and the ornamen- 



tation is produced by twisted thongs and other indentations. 

 The form of some of these highly intenting vessels will he best 



understood by the engravings here given. The " food vessels" 

 are usually burned to about an equal degree of hardness with 

 the cinerary urns. 



The Drinking Gv/ps are the most highly and elaborately or- 

 namented of any of the varieties of fictile art found in the Derby- 

 shire barrows. They are found with the skeleton, and are usually 

 placed behind the shoulder. In size they range from about 

 six to nine inches in height. They are tall inform, contracted 

 in the middle, globular in their lower half, and expanding at 

 the mouth. Their ornamentation, always elaborate, usually 

 covers the whole surface, and is composed of indented lines 



