90 A HEARTH OF THE POLISHED STONE AGE. 
the crown of the teeth, so common in ancient times. None of the 
grain has been found, but probably most of the cereals known to 
the old Swiss Lake dwellers were also known at Chassey. 
The objects in bone and horn are almost identical with those 
from the earlier Swiss Lake dwellings, and consist of the sockets 
already mentioned, awls, chisels, etc. The pottery, which is ex- 
tremely fragmentary, is much of the same character as the Swiss. 
It has been ornamented both by punctured dots and by a sort of 
pillar moulding, as well as by incised lines. In one instance there 
seems to have been an attempt to represent the outline of a boar 
by lines scratched in the clay when still moist. In another, the 
ornament consists of bands of triangles alternately cross-hatched 
and plain, a style more in accordance with the bronze age than 
with that of stone. Most of the pottery seems to have been 
adapted for suspension. The number of small ears or handles 
found exceeded two hundred. A few spindle-whorls and beads 
were also found, but the most curious objects are the spoons, ex- 
actly similar in form to those of wood in common use in our 
kitchens at the present day, but formed of clay. It is true that 
several wooden ladles and at least one earthenware spoon were 
found in the settlement of Robenhausen, but one can hardly re- 
prehistoric archæology, a regret must þe expressed that the ani- 
mal remains discovered in the refuse heap have not, apparently, 
-as yet been submitted to proper scientific examination, so as to de- 
termine the species, and which of them were domesticated, though 
some human remains from neighboring tumuli and interments: are 
the bones seems to afford an argument in favor of their absence, 
which, if established, would be a remarkable fact. Some teeth of 
reindeer are mentioned gs haying been found on the plateau, and 
