132 EVIDENCE OF MAX IX GUERNSEY. 



Thebronze winged axe (Plate I., fig. l),orpalstave, found at St. 

 Saviour's is typical of the fourth period of the Bronze Age, and is 

 interesting as representing an advanced stage in the evolution of 

 this weapon from the early flat celt to the later socketed axe. 

 It will be noticed that the wings are near the base of the axe 

 showing its late date. Its successor, the socketed axe, has not 

 yet been found in Guernsey, but several of them have been 

 discovered in Alder ney and in Jersey. Some of those from 

 Alderney have the typical curved cutting edge of the English 

 type and may have been imported, as at this period there was 

 trade intercourse between the south of England and Amorica. 

 This trade is proved by the many socketed bronze celts of the 

 straight Amorican type and other objects of Amorican form that 

 have been found in the Isle of Wight, Wilts and other of the 

 southern counties. Mr. 0. G. S. Crawford in an article in 

 L'Anthropologie (1913, p. 641) on " Prehistoric Trade between 

 England and France," suggests that the centre of export was 

 probably from the Barfleur district somewhere at the extreme 

 point of the peninsula of La Manche. It would be worth while 

 to study our Alderney bronze implements and see if there are 

 any others of typical British form among them. 



The fragments of the Bronze bowl were discovered in, or 

 near, the large dolmen of La Varde, L'Ancresse, but Mr. Lukis 

 does not state under what circumstances they were found. 

 They evidently formed part of a small bronze bowl typical of 

 the 4th period of the Bronze Age, but very similar bowls con- 

 tinued in use down to the end of the Early Iron Age. 



The bronze bucket, mentioned by Mr. G. Metivier as having 

 been found in the peat at Vazon early in the nineteenth century, 

 probably dates from the Iron Age. These buckets first appear 

 in the 2nd Hallstatt period and continued in use down to the 

 Roman conquest of Gaul. Many of them have been found 

 both in France and England, some evidently imported from 

 Italy and others debased copies of them. The bucket had 

 probably been thrown into a hole in the marsh as an offering to 

 the gods, in a similar way as the gold and bronze objects found 

 in bogs in Ireland and Denmark. 



The large flat bronze or copper axe head (Plate I., tig. 7) was 

 found in 1861 in Little Sark by a man making a plantation of elm 

 trees. It is a typical hache-plate of the 1st Bronze Age, 

 6|- inches long by 3 inches broad at its cutting edge. 

 Its surface is mottled with brown stains due to impuri- 

 ties in the metal. The axe was not cast, but was made by 

 hammering the heated metal in a mould. It is typical of the 

 1st Bronze Age. 



The fragment of the bronze celt (Plate I., fig. 2) from Sark 

 is undoubtedly the cutting edge of a socketed celt probably of 

 the English type. Mr. Lukis in his Note Book states thatitwas 



