120 



Haakon Schetelig. 



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Holstein. From a small group of graves at Tolkwade are preserved 

 in The Kiel Museum the two brooches figjs. 139 and 140. *) As 

 the few graves in this locality have probably been arranged in 

 continuation one of another the chronological difference between 

 them cannot be very great, which may be inferred also respecting 



the two brooches though they are 

 not said to have been found in 

 the same grave. The brooch fig. 

 ■ 139 certainly belongs to the late 

 Roman Period of Scandinavia, 

 to the end of the 3d and the be- 

 ginning of the 4th cent. according 

 to the date given by prof. Mon- 

 telius, 2 and the cruciform brooch 

 from the same locality is conse- 

 quently in all probability to be 

 referred to a later part of the 

 4th century. 



Upon this point our dating 



agrees quite well also with the 



opinions of the eminent Danish 



Fig. 140. 3 / 4 . expert, Mr. E. Vedel. 3 ) As espe- 



cially characteristic of the 4th 



century graves in Bornholm he counts his type „H 1" (fig. 141 here) 



and „F 1" (fig. 142) of which the one is most closely allied to 



Fig. 139. »/ 4 . 



1 ) I. Mestorf: Urnenfriedhofe in Schleswig-Holstein, p. 45, pl. V, figs. 11 

 and 12. 



2 ) Svenska Fornminnesfor. tidskr. IX, p. 234. 



3 ) E. Vedel: Etterskrift til Bornholms Oltidsminder og Oldsager, Kjøben- 

 havn 1897, p. 28 and 29, cf. ib. p. 79. — These dates and periods ba some 

 respects approach to the Swedish system; his opinions are systematized in the 

 folloAving scheme: 



I. Early Ir on- Age 



1. Pre-Roman. 

 ( — c. 50 A. D.) 



2. Roman. 3. Roman-Teutonic. 



(c. 50 — c. 300 A. D.) (c. 300 — c. 500 A. D) 



II. Late Iron-Age 



4. Teutonic. 5. Irish. 6. Carolingian. 



(c. 500 — c. 700A.D.) (c. 700 — c. 850 or 900 A. D. (c.850or900 — c. 1050 A.D.) 



Respecting the names of the periods, as given here, it should be noted 

 that the 3d and 4th periods are signified in closer alliance to the Swedish than 



