. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. OF tHE LAKE OP NEUCHATEL. 393. been found at the station of Font, and is in the collection of M. Otz, at Cortail- lod. In the collection of M. Schwab is a specimen, thus far unique, of the ordi- nary hatchet with a circular hole; it was taken from the Tene, and does not differ from the Roman axe. Fragments of iron hridle-hits sometimes occur at the Tene, not differing much from those used in subsequent epochs. M. Schwab possesses a complete
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. OF tHE LAKE OP NEUCHATEL. 393. been found at the station of Font, and is in the collection of M. Otz, at Cortail- lod. In the collection of M. Schwab is a specimen, thus far unique, of the ordi- nary hatchet with a circular hole; it was taken from the Tene, and does not differ from the Roman axe. Fragments of iron hridle-hits sometimes occur at the Tene, not differing much from those used in subsequent epochs. M. Schwab possesses a complete one. The lake has also furnished iron horseshoes, of which we possess a specimen remarkably slen- der, from the Tene; others, which are not, however, derived from that station, but from a locality on terra firma near the shore, {the terriere de Marin,) have an undulated edge, the undulations having proceeded from the thrust occasioned by the holes of the nails. In the same palafitte there has been lately dis- covered a sort of pike, slightly incurvated, which might have served as a ploughshare, (Fig. 82 ;) for it would seem to be too heavy to answer for a boat-hook,weighing, as it does, not less than four kilogrammes. The collec-^;? tion of M. Schwab, at Bienne, contains a pot '^• or saucepan taken from the Tene, which is of wrought bronze. Is it authentic ? Knives are not wanting, but they have not in general the elegance of those of the age of bronze. They are simple blades, usually straight and quite broad, with a tongue which entered into a handle of wood or horn. There is also in the collection of M. Schwab a pair of scissors, with an elastic handle like those now used in shear- ing sheep. In our own possession is a sort of iron steivpan, which presents numerous traces of reparation, a proof that some importance was attached to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
Size: 1443px × 1732px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsmithsonianinstitutio, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840
