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 61
implicity of form exhibited by the copper axes, which maybe observed in those from other countries as well as fromIreland, is perhaps to be accounted for by the great difficultyof casting copper, so that the founders, when dealing withthat metal, would naturally confine themselves to the… … Modern African Axe. Evidently, however, in such an axe the blade would tendto split the handle in which it was placed. To remedy thisdefect, a stop, or ridge, was raised across the celt, and the * Cat. Irish Acud., p. 361. BRONZE SWORDS. 31 metal and wood were made to fit into one another (figs.…
Archaeology · Indigenous peoples
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