A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . ixth (about 650-500 b. c). The extreme scarcity of pure tin and cojjper in the Scandinavianfinds of the Bronze age suggests that bronze was at that timeimported; and as analysis shows, some came from Central Europeand some from the British Isles, the latter supply being remark- 104 DESCRIPTION OF CASE II ably free from nickel, an alloy which is characteristic of the Germanores. Apart from the obvious Italian productions, the manu-facture of bronze implements and ornaments was local, and manyhoa
A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . ixth (about 650-500 b. c). The extreme scarcity of pure tin and cojjper in the Scandinavianfinds of the Bronze age suggests that bronze was at that timeimported; and as analysis shows, some came from Central Europeand some from the British Isles, the latter supply being remark- 104 DESCRIPTION OF CASE II ably free from nickel, an alloy which is characteristic of the Germanores. Apart from the obvious Italian productions, the manu-facture of bronze implements and ornaments was local, and manyhoards in Scandinavia, as in England, show moulds, jets, andbroken articles Ieady for remelting. The art of casting bronzewas practised with great success in this part of Europe, and theciiv-perdue i)rocess ^vas adopted for bowls, ceremonial axes, andother elaborate productions. There still exist in Sweden andNorway, especially in Bohusliln, Ostgotland, and Scania, a largenumber of rocdv-carvings dating from this period, which show thatthe soil was cultivated, that the horse was used for riding and.
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