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The bronze age and the Celtic world - Universal History Library

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THE BRONZE AGE AND THE CELTIC WORLD<br />

which <strong>the</strong>y had hunted <strong>and</strong> ate into a means whereby <strong>the</strong>y could roam with greater<br />

ease <strong>and</strong> rapidity over <strong>the</strong> grassy plains. <strong>The</strong> subjugation of <strong>the</strong> horse would have<br />

rendered easier <strong>the</strong> domestication of cattle, which in turn changed <strong>the</strong>m from<br />

hippophagists to beef-eaters. <strong>The</strong>ir robustness <strong>and</strong> long-headedness, combined with<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir roaming instincts <strong>and</strong> devotion to <strong>the</strong> horse, which will become clearer as we<br />

proceed, have convinced me that we are here dealing with that tall, fair, long-headed<br />

type, now dominant in nor<strong>the</strong>rn Europe, which we term <strong>the</strong> Nordic race.^*<br />

34 Peake {1916) 1. 162, 163 ; (1922) 1. 51.

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