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VI.—The Llynfawr and other Hoards of the Bronze Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2011

O. G. S. Crawford  and
R. E. M. Wheeler
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Mr. John Ward, F.S.A., lately Keeper of the Department of Archaeology in the National Museum of Wales, has been prevented by illness from publishing this hoard, which was until recently under his care. The following summary embodies information kindly supplied by him regarding the circumstances of the find.

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Archaeologia , Volume 71 , 1921 , pp. 133 - 140
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1921

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page 134 note 1 Cf. Déchelette, , Manuel, ii, fig. 369, 3–10.Google Scholar

page 134 note 2 Rudimentary examples are mentioned by Evans, , Bronze Implements, p. 214,Google Scholar but these scarcely deserve to be included in the series. A better example was found in the Thames (B. M. Bronze Age Guide, 1920, p. 56).Google Scholar See also Crawford, O. G. S., Antiquaries Journal, ii, p. 32.Google Scholar In the Museum of St. Germain-en-Laye are several analogous razors found with bronze and early iron objects in tumuli i n the Cote-d'Or: see Reinach, S., Catalogue illustré, ii (1921), pp. 222–4Google Scholar.

page 135 note 1 Cf. B. M. Guide to Greek and Roman Life (1920), p. 87,Google Scholar fig. 84. For other suggestions see Evans, , Bronze Implements, p. 403Google Scholar.

page 135 note 2 Contrast, for example, the Brentford sickle ( Smith, R. A., Arch., lxxix, 17,Google Scholar fig. 15), where the more normal division between blade and socket suggests typologically a slightly earlier stage of development.

page 136 note 1 It is apparently coated with bronze, but Professor W. Gowland, F.R.S., who has kindly submitted it to a minute examination, has come to the conclusion that the appearance is due solely to association with the bronze implements.

page 136 note 2 Evans, , Bronze Implements, pp. 409–12;Google ScholarB. M. Bronze Age Guide (1920), p. 55Google Scholar.

page 136 note 3 Cf. the Battersea cauldron (B. M. Guide, pl. v).

page 136 note 4 Cf. Evans, p. 410.

page 139 note 1 I am indebted to Mr. Hatton for his kindnessin obtaining the consent of the Waterworks Committee to exhibit the hoard, and for practical assistance in its transport to London.