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Identifier: stoneimplementsw00evaniala (find matches)
Title: The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Evans, John, Sir, 1823-1908
Subjects: Stone age -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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Fig. 76.—Gilmerton, East Lothian. A somewhat similar instrument, but narrower at the butt, and formedof jade (?), and 11 inches long, found at Nougaroulet, is engraved in theRevue ile Gasco(jne.\ * Ace. of Soc. Ant. of Scot., 1782, p. 91. t Vol. vi. 1865.
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Fij;. 77.—Stirlingshire. J POLISHED CELTS SHARP AT BOTH ENDS, 121 )i> Fig. 77 represents another celt, in the Edinburgh Museum, of similarsection, but expanding only at the butt-end, which is sharpened, andcontracting from the middle towards the broader end, which, as usual,seems to have been the principal cutting end. It is formed of compactgreenstone, and was found in Stirlingshire. In general outline it closelyresembles a common Cumberland form, of which, however, the butt isnot sharp. Celts with an edge at each end are rare on the Continent, though theyare of more frequent occurrence in Ireland. . One of this character, found in Dauphine, Finance,* has been engravedby M. Chantre. Another from Portugal f has been described by myself elsewhere. A celt of shorter proportions, butalso provided with a cutting edge ateach end, is shown in Fig. 78. Itis in the collection of the Rev. W.Greenwell, F.S.A., and was found atHarome, in the North Riding ofYorkshire, where several stone im-

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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Evans__John__Sir__1823_1908
  • booksubject:Stone_age____Great_Britain
  • booksubject:Great_Britain____Antiquities
  • bookpublisher:London___Longmans__Green__Reader__and_Dyer
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  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:139
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