Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . the contrary, these are rather Steenstrup has estimated thateach cubic foot of the shell material con-tains on the average ten or twelve mound at Havelse has yieldedabout three thousand five hundred speci-mens of the bones of mammals, andmore than two hundred of birds. Fishbones other than those of the sea mol-lusks are also found intermixed in themounds. The remains of the herring,th
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . the contrary, these are rather Steenstrup has estimated thateach cubic foot of the shell material con-tains on the average ten or twelve mound at Havelse has yieldedabout three thousand five hundred speci-mens of the bones of mammals, andmore than two hundred of birds. Fishbones other than those of the sea mol-lusks are also found intermixed in themounds. The remains of the herring,the dorse, the dab, and the eel have 824 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. been plentifully recovered in severallocalities. Of the relics of mammalia, the mostcommon are of the stag, the roedeer, andWild beasts the wild boar. In addi-knowntothe ti to tilese bones of the kitchen mid- deners. virus, the bear, the dog, the fox, the wolf, the marten, the otter, theporpoise, the seal, the water rat, thebeaver, the lynx, the wildcat, the hedge-hog, and the mouse have been found inthe shell mounds, but sparsely distrib-uted. It will be at once observed fromthese facts that the animals which the. DANISH SHELL-MOUND AXES. coast people were able to take and killwere generally of the smaller extreme scarcity of the bones ofthe heavier and fiercer beasts might wellbeget a doubt as to whether the pre-historic man of this coast dared to meetthem in combat at all. Another strikingfeature revealed by the exploration ofthe shell mound is that all of the animalshere enumerated were wild. It appearsvery doubtful whether even the dog hadbecome the friend of the dwellers inthese seashore huts. At any rate, hisbones have the same aspect as those ofthe creatures of the woods. The fact of the complete destruction or consumption of the animals withwhich the shore people came in contactis illustrated by the absence inferences as toof entire skeletons and ^usSfofthe miscellaneous distri- the race,bution
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