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Read Ebook: Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar by Holmes T Rice Thomas Rice
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Specialization of industries 83
A lost art 83
Dwellings 84
Food and cookery 88
Agriculture 89
Treatment of women 91
Duration of life 91
Clothing and ornaments 91
Trepanning 92
Hill-forts 95
Primitive writing 99
Sepulture: barrows and cairns 100
Inhumation and incineration 110
Human sacrifice 112
Traces of cannibalism 113
Interment of animals 114
Religion 115
An alien invasion: period of transition 119
THE BRONZE AGE AND THE VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS
A Copper Age preceded the Bronze Age in certain countries, but has not been proved to have existed in Britain 121
Bronze implements used for many centuries in Europe before the Iron Age 123
Where did the European bronze culture originate? 124
Origin and affinities of the bronze culture of Britain 126
Period of its commencement 126
Physical characters of the late neolithic and early bronze-using invaders of Britain 127
Their social organization 128
Character and results of the invasions: the invaders poor in bronze weapons 129
Evidence of finds as to the settlements of the invaders 129
Stone implements used long after the introduction of bronze 132
Hill-forts 132
Primitive metallurgy 139
Bronze implements:--celts 139
Sickles 144
The Arreton Down hoard 145
Halberds 145
Shields, swords, spears 145
Moulds 148
Decoration of weapons 149
Hoards 149
Pasturage 150
Agriculture 151
Signs of amelioration in the conditions of life 152
Dwellings 153
Lake-dwellings 153
Hut-circles 154
Inhabited camps 156
The Heathery Burn Cave 157
Dress 160
Pins and buttons 161
Weapons mounted with gold or amber 162
Ornaments 163
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