. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 330 GENERAL VIEWS ON ARCHAEOLOGY. with human figures, less perfect; the whole in a style to a certain de- gree Etruscan or Archaic, and representing a state of art, a civiliza- tion which evidently preceded the Roman development. We do not mean thereby, that this civilization was anterior to the first times of Rome, which probably are connected with it; but merely, that in the country where it shows itself, it is anterior to the invasion of
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 330 GENERAL VIEWS ON ARCHAEOLOGY. with human figures, less perfect; the whole in a style to a certain de- gree Etruscan or Archaic, and representing a state of art, a civiliza- tion which evidently preceded the Roman development. We do not mean thereby, that this civilization was anterior to the first times of Rome, which probably are connected with it; but merely, that in the country where it shows itself, it is anterior to the invasion of the Roman element, so called. It must have immediately preceded the latter and been superseded by it, so that we must occasionally find it in imme- diate contact with the Roman element itself. The most curious specimen of this Etruscan type found in Switzer- land is the bronze of Gneehwyl, preserved in the museum of Berne,. Fig- 13- (?) Bronze from Gnechvvyl. Switzerland. and described by M. It is an ornament that was riveted to a bronze vase, of which there remained some fragments. It presents features of resemblance with the Assyrian style, for the drawing of the muscles in the legs of the lions, and that of the manes is in 'the manner of that of the bulls of Nineveh. As an example of the specimens of Germany, we may allude to the bronze vase of Mayence, preserved in the museum of Copenhagen, and ornamented with a handle (chasse) carved around its circumference; also another vase of the same kind found in Hanover and very well described by Mr. 1 A. Jahn. Etruskische Alterthiimer gefunder in der Schweitz; Memoirs of the Society of Antiquaries of Zurich, vol. VIII, sheet 5; Zurich, 1852. See also Gerhard, Archaologische Zeitung; Berlin, 1854, p. 177. s Independent pamphlet without any Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustratio
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