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 .. . y decay of wood fiberwould in part account forthe absence of utensilsmade therefrom. But itappears, on the whole, thatthe lake men preferred theuse of flint and bone andhorn. It has been notedthat tinder was employedby the lake villagers inthe production of appearance of broken fragmentsof pottery in the lake margins and peatbeds shows conclusively that the peopleof the age which we are here consid- IlCKA
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 .. . y decay of wood fiberwould in part account forthe absence of utensilsmade therefrom. But itappears, on the whole, thatthe lake men preferred theuse of flint and bone andhorn. It has been notedthat tinder was employedby the lake villagers inthe production of appearance of broken fragmentsof pottery in the lake margins and peatbeds shows conclusively that the peopleof the age which we are here consid- IlCKAX OFstags HORN. 316 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. Pottery of thelake dwellers;rudeness of therelics. ering understood at least the rudimentsof that kind of manufacture. Very fewvessels have been discov-ered whole, but many inpieces. These all indicatethe rudest kind of work. The vessels wereevidently misshapen and unsymmetricalin design. It is thought that the pot-ters wheel was unknown. Nor has anyevidence of furnace heat been discov-ered in the imperfect burning to whichthe fragments seem to have been sub-jected. Perhaps an open fire producedthe highest heat with which these peo-. EXTINCT MANUFACTORY OF POTTERY, IN THE GLACIER GARDEN, AT LUCERNE. pie were acquainted. The forms of afew vases have been determined which,viewed from an artistic point, are clumsyin the last degree. It is noticeable thatthe earthenware of these villagers iswithout feet or other support than theunfinished bottom of the vessel. It ap-pears that the utensils were set upon thefloor or on the soft earth where therewas little danger of breakage. Of human remains, strictly so called,scarcity of hu- only a few have been dis-covered under the lake vil-lages. Nor might it bereasonably expected that many would befound. It will be seen at a glance that man remains inthe lake mar-gins. the situation has been much less favor-able for the preservation of human skel-etons, in whole or in part, than the mudbeds under the
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