. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. 74 INTRODUCTION. to account for this deposit, which could scarcely orig-inate in anything arising from the calcined bones themselves. It is"by no means the rule to find the remains of a burnt body to be enclosed within an urn, either on the wolds or else- where. Out of 78 burnt bodies which occurred in the wold barrows, only 9 were deposited in urns. A cinerary urn, found in a barrow on Sherburn Wold [No. xviii], contained
. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. 74 INTRODUCTION. to account for this deposit, which could scarcely orig-inate in anything arising from the calcined bones themselves. It is"by no means the rule to find the remains of a burnt body to be enclosed within an urn, either on the wolds or else- where. Out of 78 burnt bodies which occurred in the wold barrows, only 9 were deposited in urns. A cinerary urn, found in a barrow on Sherburn Wold [No. xviii], contained a bronze awl amongst the bones, which itself showed no signs of having been subjected to the action of fire. The second class of vessels, that to which the name of ' Incense. Fig. (il. ^. Cup' has been applied, has been found in tlie Orkney Islands, and from thence throughout the whole of Britain, to the extreme limit on the south and west; they are, however, very uncommon in Dorsetshire and the neighbouring districts to the north and west of that county. They also occur in Ireland. They do not, however, appear amongst the various forms of sepulchral pottery which have been discovered in Scandinavia, Germany, and France. In the barrows on the wolds they are not numerous, and were associated with but 6 out of 78 burials .after cremation. They differ considerably in size; and are found measuring from little more than an inch to about four inches in diameter, and from one inch to above three inches in height. They vary. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greenwell, William, 1820-1918; Rolleston, George, 1829-1881. Oxford : Clarendon press
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