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Several of the vessels are ornamented with simple mark- 
ings, generally mere impressions of the finger or of the nail. 
Neither in the stone, nor in the bronze period, do we ever 
find either in the pottery, or on the bronze weapons, any 
representation, however rude, of an animal ; the ornamenta- 
tion being generally confined to straight or curved lines, form- 
ing in many cases a very elegant ornament. One vase, 
however, which was found at Wangen, is distinguished by 
more elaborate ornaments, the lines being evidently intended 
to represent leaves. 
The lakes on which pileworks of the stone era have as yet 
been found, are Constance, Zurich, Bienne, Neufchatel, 
Geneva, Inkwyl, JSussbaumen, Pfeffikon, Moosseedorf, and 
Wauwyl. Settlements of the bronze period existed on the 
Lakes of Geneva, Luissel, JNeufchatel, Morat, Bienne, and 
Sempach, but none have as yet been found on Lake Con- 
stance. It has been supposed from this that the age of stone 
lasted longer in Eastern than in Western Switzerland, and 
that flint and serpentine were in use on Lake Constance long 
after bronze had replaced them on the Western Lakes. We 
can hardly suppose that the inhabitants of Inkwyl and 
Moosseedorf in Berne, who imported flint from France, can 
have been ignorant of the neighbouring civilisation on the 
Lake of Bienne. Perhaps, however, settlements of the bronze 
age may yet be found on the Lake of Constance ; but as the 
question now stands, pileworks of the metallic period are pe- 
culiar to Western and Central Switzerland. The construc- 
tions of the latter period are more solidly built, but do not 
otherwise appear to have differed materially from those of the 
stone age. They are often, however, situated farther from 
the land and in deeper water, partly no doubt on account of 
the greater facility of working timber, but partly also, perhaps, 
because more protection was needed as the means of attack 
were improved. The principal implements of bronze are 
