1906] The erueiform brooches of Norway. 39 
of use about the end of that time and, consequently, very few 
antiquities are known in Norway from the following two centuries. 
It is possible that this change in the rites has taken place at åa 
somewhat earlier time in 
the Eastern parts of the 
country than along the West TN 
coast, and the scarce appea- ape 
rance of the latest eruei- oa 
nm Pt fu 
RA 
AA Vi 
Å VE Å 
P å å 
form brooches in the Fast- 
ern district compared with 
Western Norway could then 
with some reason be ex- 
plained by the circeumstance 
that the Eastern graves, at 
the time when the latest 
varieties of the cruciform 
broocehes had come into use, 
were no more so rich in 
grave-goods as before. I 
think, however, that åa closer 
inspection of the material Fr 
will show that the pre- Å 
sumed difference of time VE AN 
respecting the change in SG 
the funeral rites, if any, is 
not great enough to allow 
of a concelusion of this sort. 
The Western parts of 
Norway have in any case 
produced a richer develop- 
ment of the latest forms of 
the cruciform brooches, and 
the production of them has 
perhaps here lasted longer 
than in the East, which 
would well correspond with 
the fact that England, the 
most western district of the Teutonic world, has produced fine 
and remarkable varieties of the type later than any found in the 
Scandinavian Peninsula. 
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