180 On the Ancient Lake Habitations of Switzerland. 



Let ine, in conclusion, caution the readers of this journal 

 against the grave error of supposing* that, because an era of 

 civilization is well-marked and wide-spread, that, therefore it 

 was contemporaneous throughout the area in which it is known 

 to have prevailed. In proof of this I need only remark that 

 pile-works are in fashion now-a-days among the Papoos; that 

 the einbdum still floats on many a lake and river ; and that, not- 

 withstanding all the efforts of Birmingham and Sheffield, the 

 Fuegian and Andaman Islanders have to-day eaten their 

 dinner with the aid of stone cutlery. So true is it, that " man, 

 placed under analogous circumstances, acts in an analogous 

 manner, irrespective of time and locality/'* 



Explanation op Plate.— Fig. 1. Stone axe of Serpentine; 

 Concise, Lake of Neuchatel. 2. Stone axe, fitted into haft of 

 stag's horn ; Robenhausen, Lake of Pfeffikon. 3. Haft of 

 stag's horn, with projecting wing, which rests against the 

 handle of wood, in which a square hole has been cut to receive 

 the shaft. [The handle itself is a fac -simile of one found at 

 Concise, Neuchatel.] 4. Flint saw, formed of a flake of flint 

 fixed into a groove in a wooden handle with a cement of black 

 mastic. [Copied from M. Troyon's Habitations Lacustres, 

 PI. v. f. 11. t] 5- Awl of bone, formed of the JJhxa of Cervus 

 Elajphus ; Moosseedorf. 6. Gouge, or chisel, formed of meta- 

 carpal bone of deer ; Wangen, Constance. 7. Long slender 

 pin, made of metatarsal bone of deer ; Moosseedorf. 8. Bronze 

 knife blade ; Cortaillod, Lake of Neuchatel. 9. Spear head 

 of bronze; Nidau Steinberg, Lake of Bienne. 10* Long 

 slender bronze celt; Mielen, Lake of Zurich. 11. Ornament e,d 

 armlet of bronze; Cortaillod, Lake of Neuchatel. 12 and 12a. 

 terra-cotta whorl, used in spinning with the distaff; Cor- 

 taillod, Lake of Neuchatel. 13. Bronze pin, ornamented with 

 circles ; (probably worn in the hair) ; Cortaillod, Lake of 

 Neuchatel. 



List of Specimens from the Swiss lake dwellings in the 

 British Antiquities' Room, British Museum: — 

 Abbreviations. — Moosseedorf (M.), Eobenhausen (R.), Wangen (W.), Concise (C.) 



VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



Seeds of Flax Linnm usihitissimum, R. 



„ Raspberry, Ruins idceus, W. ft M. 



„ Blackberry, R.frvticosut, W. <fc M. 



„ "Water caltrop, Thrapa natom, M. 



Wheat (clean), Trit&cum sativum 



W. & M. 

 Six-rowed Barley, in ear, Hordeum 

 hexaslichon W. 



Two-rowed Barley, in ear, Hordeum 



distioum - W. 



Haze] Nuts, Con/fits avellana . . M. 



Beech Is'ut.s, Fagtis sytvatioa . . M. 



Seeds, etc., of Apple, Pt/rtts mains, M. 

 Apples split and dried for winter 



U86 W. 



Leaves, etc., of the Mistletoe, Viscum 



album M 



* F. Troyon, lib. ell. 



t M. Troyon remarks that such Hint saws arc used by the Oceanic races in 

 the manufacture of stone implements at the present day. 



