The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain (1872)
Evans, John, Sir, 1823-1908 · London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · leaf 143
123 POLISHED CELTS OF ABNORMAL FORMS. In Fig. 80 the reduction in width is more abrupt, and the blade wouhl aj^pear to have been mounted as an axe. It is formed of a compact light grey metamorphic rock, and is in the collection of the Rev. S. Banks, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire. I have a greenstone… … -Near Cutteiiliaiu. doubt intended in their case to make the stone adhere more firmly in the socket of stag's horn in which it Avas inserted. The object in this case would appear to be the same; and, like other polished celts, it in all probability belongs to the Neolithic Period. The expansion of…
Stone age -- Great Britain · Great Britain -- Antiquities
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