Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . its .middle, being two inches from one end and 1|inch from the other, and large enough for strong twine topass through it. 5. Fig. 79 is a drawing of a portion of bone artificiallymade into a sharp-pointed instrument. Several similarobjects were met with, but as they showed no distinct work-manship I have not preserved them. 6. A great many small ribs, about 6 or 7 inches in length,and portions of others, were found to have the marks of asharp cutting instrument by which they we
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . its .middle, being two inches from one end and 1|inch from the other, and large enough for strong twine topass through it. 5. Fig. 79 is a drawing of a portion of bone artificiallymade into a sharp-pointed instrument. Several similarobjects were met with, but as they showed no distinct work-manship I have not preserved them. 6. A great many small ribs, about 6 or 7 inches in length,and portions of others, were found to have the marks of asharp cutting instrument by which they were pointed andsmoothed along their edges, the use of which can only beconjectured. Figs. 80 to 82 are drawings of some of 83 shows a larger rib-bone, highly polished all over andnotched round one end. EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT LOCHLEE. 113 7. Lastly, there are several portions of round boneswhich appeared to have been used as handles for knives orsuchlike instruments. III. Objects of Deers Horn. Out of about forty portions of horn, chiefly of the reddeer, bearing evidence of human workmanship, I have. .? Fig. 79. —Bone Q). Fig. 80. Fig. 81. Fig. 82. Fig. 83. Bone Implements (\). selected for illustration sixteen of the most characteristicspecimens. Two hammers or clubs, formed from the lowerportions of the beam antlers of stags by cutting or sawing offtheir branches. One (Fig. 84) is 11 inches long, and hasabout three inches of the brow branch of the horn projectingfrom it, round the root of which there is a groove as if H 114 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. intended for a string. The markings on the back portion
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