Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . her that, thoughnot a single joint, mortise, or pin was discovered, the wholefabric was as firm as a rock. No relics were found in anyof the excavations along the line of this gangway. Kelics. The remains of human industry found during the exca-vations of the Lochlee Crannog, calculated to throw lighton the civilisation and social economy of its occupiers, arevery abundant. They comprise a large variety of objects,such as warlike weapons, industrial implements, and per-sonal orn
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . her that, thoughnot a single joint, mortise, or pin was discovered, the wholefabric was as firm as a rock. No relics were found in anyof the excavations along the line of this gangway. Kelics. The remains of human industry found during the exca-vations of the Lochlee Crannog, calculated to throw lighton the civilisation and social economy of its occupiers, arevery abundant. They comprise a large variety of objects,such as warlike weapons, industrial implements, and per-sonal ornaments, made of stone, bone, horn, wood, metal, 102 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. etc. In the following description of them I have adopted,as perhaps the most convenient, the principle of classifica-tion suggested by the materials of which they are composed. I. Objects made of Stone. Hammer-Stones.—A great many water-worn pebbles, ofa similar character to those found in the surrounding glacialdrift and river-courses, which were used as hammers, orpounders, or rubbers, were discovered in the debris all over.
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