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Bruzelius,^[1] Nilsson,^[2] and Holmberg,^[3] convey to us a vivid idea of the life of the people in the north of Europe in the Bronze age.
Fig. 152.—Man with Bronze Axe on a rock at Simrislund, Scania. In Fig. 152 we see a human figure represented, armed with a bronze axe. In some groups the characteristic stone axe-hammer with its handle is to be seen; in others the small-handled short sword, and the round buckler. Some of the figures of the warriors are larger than life-size. The sculptured rock at Tegneby,^[1] figured below (Fig. 153), may be taken as an example of some of the groups. In the upper part domestic oxen are represented with their driver, and a man is ploughing with a yoke of oxen. An archer is shooting, and down below a party of four men, armed with round shields and axes, are fighting. Boats also are represented, some of them drawn up in line, and one in front with a covered stern possesses an awning. On a rock in the same place a group of warriors is seen on horseback contending with spears, and

1. Congr. Int. Archéol. Préhist., Stockholm vol., p. 453 et seq.
2. Die Ureinwohner des Scandinavischen Nordens. Hamburg, 1863, p. 9.
3. Scandinaviens Hällsristning ar Arkeologisk Afhandling, 4to, 1848.