I think, evidently weapons of war, fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals. They lay in great numbers at the depth of about twelve feet, in a stratified soil, which was dug into for the purpose of raising clay for bricks. The strata... The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 281802Full view - About this book
| Literature, Modern - 1802 - 556 pages
...difcovered in a fue and with accompaniments, that render them ftngularly iaviting to an antiquary. " They lay in great numbers at the depth of about twelve feet, ”na gratified foil which was dug ir.to lor the parpóle of railing clay for bricks. The ftrata are... | |
| Society of Antiquaries of London - Archaeology - 1807 - 542 pages
...XV. They are, I think, evidently weapons of war, fabricated and ufed by a people who had not the ufe of metals. They lay in great numbers at the depth of about tyvelve feet, in a ftratified foil, whicb was dug into for the purpofe of raifmg clay for bricks* The... | |
| Electronic journals - 1886 - 664 pages
...were the first of the kind ever brought to light, and he regarded them as " evidently weapons of war, fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals." What struck Mr. Frere most strongly, however, was that they were found twelve feet deep in a bank of... | |
| Archaeology - 1860 - 578 pages
...Arcbaeologia, vol xiii. p. 204, where two well characterised examples are figured. It is there stated that they lay in great numbers at the depth of about twelve...soil, which was dug into for the purpose of raising clay for bricks. The strata were as follows : — 1. vegetable earth, 1£ feet ; 2. clay, 2£ feet... | |
| John Evans - Flint - 1860 - 92 pages
...supposed to have been made by the same hand. Mr. Frere remarks, that they are evidently weapons of war, fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals, and that, if not particularly objects of curiosity in themselves, they must be considered in that light... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1860 - 582 pages
...Fully convinced of the artificial character of the flints, Mr. Fiere regarded them as war implements " fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals " — and owing to the situation in which they were found, he was almost tempted to refer them " to... | |
| Samuel Joseph Mackie - Geology - 1861 - 664 pages
...Frere, at Home, Suffolk. AD, 1787. They are, I think, evidently weapons of war, fabricated and used by people who had not the use of metals. They lay in...about twelve feet, in a stratified soil, which was dug for the purpose of raising clay for bricks. The strata are as follows : — 1. Vegetable earth, one... | |
| Samuel Joseph Mackie - Geology - 1861 - 670 pages
...Frere, at Hoxne, Suffolk. AD, 1797. They are, I think, evidently weapons of war, fabricated and used by people who had not the use of metals. They lay in...depth of about twelve feet, in a stratified soil, wliich was dug for the purpose of raising clay for bricks. The strata are as follows : — 1. Vegetable... | |
| Anthropology - 1863 - 584 pages
...light from the situation in which they were found." Mr. Frere considered these flints as weapons of war fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals. They lay in great numbers at a depth of about twelve feet in a stratified soil, which was dug into for the purpose of raising clay... | |
| Anthropology - 1863 - 552 pages
...of war fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals. They lay in great numbers at a depth of about twelve feet in a stratified soil, which was dug into for the purpose of raising clay for bricks. The strata were as follows : — 1. Vegetable earth, one foot and a half; 2. argill,... | |
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