. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. OF THE LAKE OF NEUCEtATEL. 369 signed for this use, (Fig. 26*) Even the large vessels of coarse paste are not destitute of oriiamf-nt; they freouently have the neck encircled by a kind of twisted belt which must C^^ffi^MSf&'^'*'. have been adapted to the hand, for the trace of fin- gers is still discernible on it, (Fig. ) Porringers are also found (Figs. 28, and 29,) as well as dishes, and vessels pierced M'ith small holes, e
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. OF THE LAKE OF NEUCEtATEL. 369 signed for this use, (Fig. 26*) Even the large vessels of coarse paste are not destitute of oriiamf-nt; they freouently have the neck encircled by a kind of twisted belt which must C^^ffi^MSf&'^'*'. have been adapted to the hand, for the trace of fin- gers is still discernible on it, (Fig. ) Porringers are also found (Figs. 28, and 29,) as well as dishes, and vessels pierced M'ith small holes, evidently intended for draining liquid substances and serving perhaps for the manufacture of cheese, (Fig. 31.) The spin- dle whirls are very numerous and often artistically fashioned with a hole in the middle; they are no longer of stone, as in the preceding epoch, but of baked earth, (Figs. 32 and 33.) It is not difBcult, with a little practice, to distinguish the pottery of the age of bronze from that of the age of stone, Figure 26. which is always more shapeless. Hence it is that, from our first researches at the lake of Bourgct in 1861, we did not hesitate to refer this station to the bronze period, although as yet no object in that metal had been met with. It is not rare to find vessels still containing provisions, for the preservation of which they were no duubt intended. From one of these we have obtained ap-. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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