Gowland, William, 1842-1922, Japan Society of London · [London? : s.n.] · leaf 6
—the former by barrows orsimple mounds of earth, and the latter by megalithic dolmensand highly specialized forms of chambered tumuli. There is no evidence whatever of a Copper Age precedingthat of Bronze, but contemporaneous with the early Iron Age,and up to about the sixth century of our era, we… … ) The most ancient examplesof objects of metal in Japanare not simple celts or axes,as in nearly every othercountry in prehistoric times,but rather advanced two-edged bronze weapons, theblades of which resemble inform the swords of the pre-historic races of Europe. One type of these is ahalberd,…
Art metal-work · Metallurgy · Metal-work
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