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Grave-mounds and their contents; a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods (1870)

Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816-1886 · London : Groombridge · leaf 263

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rare natural sub-stances are found. Sometimes the beads are formed singly,and at other times they are in couplets or triplets. Beadsof metal—gold and silver—and of stones set in the sameprecious metals, have also been exhumed. Beads mountedon rings, or, more properly speaking, threaded on rings.… … of beads. The first, engraved full size, is of glass, and isornamented with red, white, and yellow waves. The othertwo are of clay, with yellow stripes. They are from Siberts-wold. The beads from the Kentish barrows are perhapsthe most extensive in number, as well as the most variedin form,…

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