. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. 94 INTRODUCTION. answered by the next class of sepulchral vessel, the ' Drinking Cup.' Though not so commonly met with as the ' food vessel/ it is never- theles^s sufficiently abundant; I have found it associated with burials in the wold barrows in 24 cases, 2 of these being burials after cre- mation. It occurs throughout the whole of Britain, and varies less in each different locality than those of the other classes of. Fig. 8
. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. 94 INTRODUCTION. answered by the next class of sepulchral vessel, the ' Drinking Cup.' Though not so commonly met with as the ' food vessel/ it is never- theles^s sufficiently abundant; I have found it associated with burials in the wold barrows in 24 cases, 2 of these being burials after cre- mation. It occurs throughout the whole of Britain, and varies less in each different locality than those of the other classes of. Fig. 81. sepulchral pottery. ' Drinking cups ' have been met with in Wilt- shire and in Argyleshire so identical in shape and ornamentation, that a representation of one might almost stand for the other; and I possess two, one from Northumberland, the other from Argyle- shire, which are not easily to be distinguished from each other. ' Drinking cups' do not appear to have been met with in Ireland; but a form of vessel approaching them in shape and ornamentation has been found in the dolmens of Guernsey and Brittany. In Holland and North Germany somewhat similar vases, though not. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greenwell, William, 1820-1918; Rolleston, George, 1829-1881. Oxford : Clarendon press
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