COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 177 
Thus we have a whole chain of details from which, according to the finds, 
we can deduce an evolution of culture within the three epochs of the copper 
age; and the conclusions regarding the relative chronology which we have drawn 
as dry facts from the location of the finds become justified and comprehensible 
through the formal examination we have made of the finds themselves. 
There remains only the question whether the finds furnish data for an absolute 
chronology. Such data can be obtained only through the comparison of our finds 
with those of other regions and countries. 
In connection with the decoration of the whorls, frequent mention has been 
made of Trojan parallels, but one must naturally avoid drawing conclusions from 
these as regards chronological and ethnological relations. On the other hand, other 
details are to be brought into consideration, since they concern the external culture 
and the form of life. 
