CONTENTS
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Introduction; Chronology of the Irish Bronze Age.
Transitional Copper Period; Localities where native copper is found in Ireland; Finds of copper celts; Moulds for casting flat celts; List of localities where Irish copper celts have been found; Halberds; Localities where found; Types; Analyses; Continental examples; Probable derivation of Irish halberds from Spain.
First and later periods of the Bronze Age; Evolution of the bronze celt; Ornamentation of bronze celts; Palstave with double loops; Anvil and hammers; Spear-heads; Evolution from the knife-dagger; Type derived from the rapier; Leaf-shaped spear-heads; Spear-heads with apertures in the blade; Moulds for casting spear-heads; Ferules for spear-butts.
Irish gold: Account of Irish gold deposits; Lunulæ: General description of; Distribution.
[Chapter V,] 56
Daggers and rapiers; Evolution of the dagger and rapier blade; Handles of daggers and rapiers.
Gold gorgets; Gold sun-disks; Gold balls; Clare find; Penannular rings and ring-money; Ring-money.
Leaf-shaped swords; Division of types; Absence of moulds for casting; Bronze chapes; Winged chapes; Shields; Circular bronze shields; Shield of wood; Leather Shield.
Torcs; Twisted torcs; Distribution of torcs; Ribbon torcs; Plain torcs.
Bronze-age finds; List of well-authenticated Irish finds.
[Chapter X,] 88
Bronze trumpets; Types and derivation of Irish trumpets; Sickles; Discussion of types; Importance of, with regard to date of agriculture; Disk-headed pins.
Bronze-age pottery; Food-vessels; Derivation of, from Neolithic type; Cinerary urns; Incense cups.
[Chapter XII,] 101
Bronze-age ornamentation in Ireland; Discussion of the ornamentation at New Grange; M. Déchelette’s views as to its origin compared with those of the author.
[Index,] 105