 | University magazine - 1850 - 816 pages
...barrows of the bronze age, Mr. Worsaae informs us, are very dmercnt from those of the preceding period. " They consist, as a general rule, of mere earth, with...themselves to the eye as mounds of earth, which, in a few rare instances, are surrounded by a small circle of stones, and contain relics of bodies which have... | |
 | Natural history - 1861 - 638 pages
...round the edge. They are, therefore, quite different from the Barrows of the Bronze period which " have no circles of massive " stones, no stone chambers,...themselves to the eye as mounds of earth, which, in a few rare instances are surrounded by a small circle of stones, and contain relics of bodies which have... | |
 | Natural history - 1861 - 626 pages
...no stone chambers, in general no large stones on the bottom, LUBBOCK ON THE KJOKKETTMODDINOS. 493 " with the exception of stone cists placed together,...to be distinguished from the stone chambers ; they con" sist, as a general ride, of mere earth, with heaps of small stones, " and always present themselves... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 560 pages
...folded across the breast. On the contrary, the burial places of the Bronze age were described as having "no circles of massive stones, no stone chambers ;...themselves to the eye as mounds of earth, which, in a few rare instances, are surrounded by a small circle of stones, and contain relics of bodies which have... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 552 pages
...care and reverence for the departed." The tumuli of the Bronze period, according to the same author, " have no circles of massive stones, no stone chambers,...themselves to the eye as mounds of earth, which, in a very few rare instances, are surrounded by a small circle of stones, and contain relics of bodies which... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 548 pages
...stones, no stone chambers, in general no laige stones on the bottom, with the exception of stone ci^ts placed together, which, however, are easily to be...themselves to the eye as mounds of earth, which, in a very few rare instances, are surrounded by a small circle of stones, and contain relics of bodies which... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Archaeology - 1872 - 696 pages
...for instance, Marco Polo's Travels. Edin. 1846, pp. 248-260. 152 DIFFICULTY OF DETERMINING THE PERIOD no stone chambers ; in general, no large stones on...themselves to the eye as mounds of earth, which, in a few rare 'instances, are surrounded by a small circle of stones, and certain relics of bodies which have... | |
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Bronze age were described as having "no circles of massive stones, no stone chambers ; in general, no large stones on the bottom, with the exception of stone cists placed together, which, however, are easily to be distinguished from the stone chambers... 