An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . fe&X^ iTxuirriitrjXQi Northumberland. Aberdeen. Roxburgh. Fig. 217.—Designs on beakers from thcseven; provinces of (After Abercromby.) CHARACTER OF BRONZE AGE DECORATION 185 Drinking Cup dates from a very early period of the BronzeAge. This is shown by the nature of the objects accom-panying it. Of sixty-seven interments containing beakers,whilst fifty-two were associated with stone implements,only twenty-one contained objects of bronze, and thesewere of a primitive character as awls and knife daggers. The DistribtUioii of Bea
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . fe&X^ iTxuirriitrjXQi Northumberland. Aberdeen. Roxburgh. Fig. 217.—Designs on beakers from thcseven; provinces of (After Abercromby.) CHARACTER OF BRONZE AGE DECORATION 185 Drinking Cup dates from a very early period of the BronzeAge. This is shown by the nature of the objects accom-panying it. Of sixty-seven interments containing beakers,whilst fifty-two were associated with stone implements,only twenty-one contained objects of bronze, and thesewere of a primitive character as awls and knife daggers. The DistribtUioii of Beake7s in Britain is curious andhighly interesting, and has been most fully and carefullyinvestigated by the Hon. J. Abercromby. It has gener-ally been held that the beaker did not reach Ireland, butMr. Abercromby figures fragments of three from Sligo,and a complete one from County Down. In Britain theyhave been discovered widely distributed, occurring incertain more or less restricted areas in Scotland, the coun-ties of Northumberland and Durham, Yorkshire, the Peakdistrict
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