And a great peculiarity in Britain is the absence of nearly all traces of the Later Bronze Period in graves and barrows.
[1021] Dr. Evans, Bronze, &c., p. 300, quoting M. Alexandre Bertrand. For the condition of the Ancient Britons during the Bronze Period, see ibid. p. 487.
[1022] In the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres of Paris. (Dr. Evans, Bronze, &c., p. 20).
[1023] ‘On the True Assignation of the Bronze Weapons,’ Trans. Ethn. Soc. N. Ser. iv. p. 7).
[1024] Bronze, &c., p. 274. See also Introductory Chapter, p. 20.
[1025] See chap. v.
[1026] Bronze, &c., p. 417.
[1027] Bronze, &c., p. 421. The list of analyses shows lead chiefly in the Irish finds.
[1028] Geog. vii. 2.
[1029] Bell. Gall. v. 12.