Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1892)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 227
usinforms us that the Preonians madethe first platform at the public ex-pense, but that, subsequently, at everymarriage (and polygamy was per-mitted), the bridegroom was expectedto add a certain number of piles tothe common support. Fig. 163 repre-sents a section taken at Eobenhausen,section at… … DESCRIPTION OF THE REMAINS AT WAUWYL. 193 The pile-works of subsequent periods differ little from thoseof the Stone Age, so far at least as can be judged by the partsremaining, but the piles are less decayed, and project abovethe mud farther than is the case with those of the precedingepoch.…
Archaeology · Indigenous peoples
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