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Excerpt from Denmark in the Early Iron Age: Illustrated by Recent Discoveries in the Peat Mosses of Slesvig
The question, however, is not yet definitely settled. The contents of the graves have not been examined with sufficient minuteness in all cases, and much remains to be done in this respect as in many others. But even if these relics of the Oldest known civilization in Denmark were proved to be of different dates, the next step would be to decide which of them was the earlier, for it does not necessarily follow that the ruder period must be the Older. There may have been a period of degradation in the Stone age, as there certainly was in after times, - for instance, from the third century after Christ to the middle ages.
During the Bronze age swords, poniards, and other cutting implements were almost exclusively made of bronze by the process of casting. The metal is a mixture of nine tenths of copper and one-tenth of tin. Though axes of massive bronze occasionally occur, stone axes were still in use for domestic and other purposes, they were not only as useful in many cases-as bronze axes, but the material was certainly cheaper. Gold was extensively used for personal ornaments, for bracelets and finger-rings Of the spiral form, for twining round the hilts of swords, or ornamentin''g hair-pins and other articles of the'' toilet. But among the many proofs of the inferior civilization of this age as compared with the ensuing period - the Early Iron age - we may mention the ignorance of the use of iron, the want of a written alphabet, and, for manufacturing purposes, ignorance of the art of soldering.
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The question, however, is not yet definitely settled. The contents of the graves have not been examined with sufficient minuteness in all cases, and much remains to be done in this respect as in many others. But even if these relics of the Oldest known civilization in Denmark were proved to be of different dates, the next step would be to decide which of them was the earlier, for it does not necessarily follow that the ruder period must be the Older. There may have been a period of degradation in the Stone age, as there certainly was in after times, - for instance, from the third century after Christ to the middle ages.
During the Bronze age swords, poniards, and other cutting implements were almost exclusively made of bronze by the process of casting. The metal is a mixture of nine tenths of copper and one-tenth of tin. Though axes of massive bronze occasionally occur, stone axes were still in use for domestic and other purposes, they were not only as useful in many cases-as bronze axes, but the material was certainly cheaper. Gold was extensively used for personal ornaments, for bracelets and finger-rings Of the spiral form, for twining round the hilts of swords, or ornamentin''g hair-pins and other articles of the'' toilet. But among the many proofs of the inferior civilization of this age as compared with the ensuing period - the Early Iron age - we may mention the ignorance of the use of iron, the want of a written alphabet, and, for manufacturing purposes, ignorance of the art of soldering.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Conrad Engelhardt
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ISBN - 9780265758878
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Page Count - 94
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Conrad Engelhardt
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