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CHAP. X.]
CLASSIFICATION OF BRONZE AGE IN BRITAIN.
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The later division of the Bronze age is characterised by the appearance of swords, spears, palstaves, and socketed celts; and by more elaborate ornaments and implements, which are known to have been used at the same time from their having been found together. The following list represents some of the more important forms discovered in Britain:—

Articles of late Bronze Age in Britain.

Nottingham.
Proceed. Soc. Antiq.
ss. i. p. 332.
Guildsfield.
Proceed. Soc. Antiq.
ss. ii.
Ty-Mawr.
Holyhead Mountain.
Archæol. Journ. xxiv.
Granta Fen, Ely.
Proceed. Soc. Antiq.
ss. ii. 103.
Quantock Hills.
Archæologia, xlv. p. 93.
ss. I. p.332.
Heathery Burn Cave.
Greenwell.
Bronze.
Implements—
  1. Palstaves
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1 1 ... ... x
  1. Socketed Celts
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
16 ... x ... ... x
  1. Mould for Celts
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x
  1. Knife
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1 ... ... ... ... x
  1. Chisels
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... x ... ... x
  1. Gouges
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x
  1. Tongs
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x
  1. Razors
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x
Weapons—
  1. Socketed Spear-heads
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4 1
  1. Socketed Daggers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... x x ... x
  1. Swords
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6 1 x
  1. Scabbards
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... 1 ... ... ... x
Ornaments—
  1. Circular Ornament
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1
  1. Quadrangular tube
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1
  1. Rings
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... x ... ... x
  1. Armlets
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... x x
  1. Bracelets
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x
  1. Pins
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x
Gold.
  1. Torques
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... x x
  1. Armlets
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... x
  1. Ornaments of Split-ring type
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x
Amber.
  1. Beads
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
... ... ... ... ... x