. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . the stone ago. And it may be furtherremarked that what is stated of these settlements is equally true of allthe others, and they are many, which have been discovered of that period. The Bkoxze Aue.—We must now advert shortly to the remains ofthe settlements of the Bronze -Ape, treated of in Dr. Kellers interestingvolumes, and inasmuch as Miiringen is one of the most important of thesesettlements, we will select that as the basis of our remarks. It has beencarefully investigated by M. Muller, Dr. Von Gross, M. E. Van FcU
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . the stone ago. And it may be furtherremarked that what is stated of these settlements is equally true of allthe others, and they are many, which have been discovered of that period. The Bkoxze Aue.—We must now advert shortly to the remains ofthe settlements of the Bronze -Ape, treated of in Dr. Kellers interestingvolumes, and inasmuch as Miiringen is one of the most important of thesesettlements, we will select that as the basis of our remarks. It has beencarefully investigated by M. Muller, Dr. Von Gross, M. E. Van FcUenberg,tlic late Col. Schwab, Mr. Jenner, and others, who have reaped a richharvest from its relic-ljcds. It is situate in a small bay in the Bieler See,in a very sheltered spot, and was connected with the land by a bridge nearly1000 feet long and 13 feet wide. This bridge, like the settlement itself,was built upon piles chiefly of oak, and now projecting from the mud from15 inches to 2 feet, in the years 1S71 and 1312, iu uousequouce of cxtcu- BRONZE PERIOD. Notices ok Hkcent Akch.*:ologicai, rL:i3LicATioNs. 331 sive drainage operations, the water had fallen about five feet, leaving thesettlement not more than three feet below the surface of the lake. Thisled many fishermen to forsake their usual vocation, and adopt the morelucrative employment of collecting relics and selling them ; but when thegovernment had established its right to the foreshore, this wholesale removalof the antiquities was stopped, and Mr. E. de Fellenberg was commissionedby the government to superintend the excavations. The relic-bed wasfrom 8 to 20 inches in thickness, and yielded an immense quantity ofspecimens, chiefiy of bronze (some few of iron), stags horn, wood, andstone. Some of the bronze specimens were so bright and perfect that theyseemed to have recently come from the founders workshop, being remark-able for the absence of all patina, and for their brilliant metallic lustre. Among
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