Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire, and the Sepulchral Usages of Its Inhabitants: From the Most Remote Ages to the Reformation (Classic Reprint)
Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire, and the Sepulchral Usages of Its Inhabitants: From the Most Remote Ages to the Reformation (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire, and the Sepulchral Usages of Its Inhabitants: From the Most Remote Ages to the Reformation This seems very plausible, until we compare the state of society which would admit of the use of such rude weapons as are found in the earlier tumuli, with the comparatively high degree of civilization which would enable the founders of the Celtic nation to cross the Channel from the nearest point of the Gaulish coast into Britain; consequently, if this be cor rect, we must ...
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Excerpt from Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire, and the Sepulchral Usages of Its Inhabitants: From the Most Remote Ages to the Reformation This seems very plausible, until we compare the state of society which would admit of the use of such rude weapons as are found in the earlier tumuli, with the comparatively high degree of civilization which would enable the founders of the Celtic nation to cross the Channel from the nearest point of the Gaulish coast into Britain; consequently, if this be cor rect, we must either build a bridge for them, by supposing that the continent was continuous, so that Britain was not then separated by the channel, or we must look to a more civilized people for the colonization of this country than the contents of the ancient barrows prove to have existed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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