. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. OF THE LAKE OP NEUCHATEL. 367 II.—AGE OF BEONZE. There exists a notable difiFevence between the palafittes of the age of stone and those of the age of bronze. The hitter, which are at once more extensive* and more numerous, are found at a greater distance from the shore; their depth is con- sequently more considerable, generally from 3 to 5 metres below mean water. This is observable at the lake of Constance as well as our own. In a letter
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. OF THE LAKE OP NEUCHATEL. 367 II.—AGE OF BEONZE. There exists a notable difiFevence between the palafittes of the age of stone and those of the age of bronze. The hitter, which are at once more extensive* and more numerous, are found at a greater distance from the shore; their depth is con- sequently more considerable, generally from 3 to 5 metres below mean water. This is observable at the lake of Constance as well as our own. In a letter of M. A. Senouer to M. G. de Mortillet it is said : " There is a great difference between the stations of stone and those of metal; the former approach the shore more or less nearly, while the latter are distant from it about 330"'." Sometimes they are very near the teuevieres, being separated by a space of only a few metres, as for instance at Auvernier. The piles are more slender, frequently trees cleft in four parts, scarcely exceeding 12 to 15 centimetres in diameter; instead of being on a level with the bottom, they rise from 30 to 60 centimetres above it, which allows of their being easily recognized, notwithstanding their greater depth. As they are simply sunk in the ground, they may be occasionally withdrawn, when the wood is not too much decayed. Their number is so con- siderable that at some stations they may be counted by thousands, now grouped by six, ten, or twenty, now arranged in several rows which seem to tend to- wards the shore, thus affording a proof that the question really regards con- structions on pile-work elevated above the water and communicating with the shore by avenues or foot-bridges, and that these are no artificial islands, as the tenevieres or Steinbergs of the age of stone might possibly be. It is in the intervals of the piles that we find the utensils, arms and habili- ments of every sort which characterize this epoch, as well
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