THE EARLY AGE OF GREECE VOL.I by W.Ridgeway 1901

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tlien the material remains will liaxc sm contirmed the
buried in the cemeteries of Glasinatz and Jezerine. With the
tradition that no doubt of its substantial accuracy can be
Halstatt warrior as with the Homeric Achean the large spear
felt by anyone capable of weighing evidence.
and the javelin are the universal weapons. The Hallstatt
At Strettweg, near Judenburg in Styria, a grave of the
graves indicate that the warriors of Noricum despised the bow
early Iron Age formed of large rough stones contained a
and arrows as much as the Achean, who, as we saw (p. 801), is
remarkable series of objects. Beside the remains of a cremated
thus in strong contrast to the Bronze Age Myceneans, who
body were found a bronze celt, iron lance-heads, a bronze
loved the bow, and made but scant use of the sjjear.
hehnet, a bronze girdle, a spiral of gold wire adapted for a
The evidence likewise demonstrates that both men and
finger-ring, rings, spirals, plates with dotted representations of
women fastened their garments with Hbulae, as did the
animals, a bronze vessel with fragments of a second, many
Acheans, and one of these hbulae strikingly agrees with the
pieces of pottery, and a fragment of a wheel tire. By far
description of the fibula of Odysseus:
it is likewise almost
the most interesting object was a small bronze waggon. The
certain that the Hallstatt people wore an under vehicle is a
garment
simple platform on four wheels each of which
corresponding to the Homeric chituii, and an over has
garment
eight spokes. At each end are the heads of two animals.
similar to the chUiina or pharos of the Acheans. The ornaments
likewise consist largely of beads of amber and blue glass,
girdle round her waist thei-e are four
On the middle of the car stands a woman nude save for a
;
figures of men on horseback,
which, as has been shown (p. 82.9), are the only objects at
who carry each a round shield with a central boss and
all
approaching prc'ci()us stones, which were worn by the
wear conical caps on their heads.
Homeric Acheans.
There are altogether thirteen figures on the waggon'.
Fui'thermore, the characteristic objects of the Hallstatt
This is plainly not an object imported from Greece, but is
culture were almost always found in graves c