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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 97

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stones composing the passage are for the most part sculp-tured in lines and patterns, which have been described as CHAMBERED TUMULI. 67 very similar to the patterns tattooed on their faces and bodiesby the New Zealanders. Examples of these will be seenon the accompanying engravings, which exhibit… … described by him in the journal of the British ArchaeologicalAssociation, to the Council of which I am indebted forthese illustrations. In England, besides those already named, and others,Wayland, or Wieland Smiths Cave, at Ashbury, inBerkshire; one at Stoney Littleton, near Wellow, in…

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