A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . NEOLixnio Stone Tools from Denmark. tools. The lake-dwellers of Switzerland, whose huts were builtover the water on piles as a means of safety against attacksof enemies, had cattle, cultivated trees, and wove cloth. Bronze and Iron Ages. —The stone age was followed by the ageof bronze, when implements were made of copper, or a mixtureof copper and tin. The relics do not indicate so wide a gap between the neo-lithic and the bronze ages as that between the paleolithic andthe neolithic. In many lands rude structures are found
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . NEOLixnio Stone Tools from Denmark. tools. The lake-dwellers of Switzerland, whose huts were builtover the water on piles as a means of safety against attacksof enemies, had cattle, cultivated trees, and wove cloth. Bronze and Iron Ages. —The stone age was followed by the ageof bronze, when implements were made of copper, or a mixtureof copper and tin. The relics do not indicate so wide a gap between the neo-lithic and the bronze ages as that between the paleolithic andthe neolithic. In many lands rude structures are found whichare composed of huge stones. These structures are of uncer-tain date, and served originally as sepulchers and sometimesas altars. They are called dolmens or cromlechs. Stonehenge,near Salisbury, is one of the best known of these ancient monu- BRONZE AND IRON AGES 11 ments. From its remains the lines of the two concentric cir-cles and of the two ellipses within them can be distinctlytraced. The implements found in the tumuli or barrows nearby, which stand in some relation to the cromlech, are of
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