CHAMBERLAIN J. J. A. WORSAAE,

DR. PHIL., HON. F.S.A., F.S.A. ScoT., M.R.I.A., &c.

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANCIENT NORTHERN TEXTS (1865-1885),
DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES

THE ETHNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM AND THE ROSENBORG CASTLE IN COPENHAGEN,
GRAND CROSS OF THE DANNEBROG, ETC. ETC.

TRANSLATED, WITH A BRIEF MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

H. F. MORLAND SIMPSON, M. A.

With several Illustrations and Map.

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.

1886.

[All rights reserved.]

G. of H. W. Hayne
Rec. June 5, 1012.

Ballantyne Press

BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND Co.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

IV. THE RISE AND SPREAD OF THE BRONZE-AGE

V. THE EARLIER BRONZE-AGE IN THE NORTH

VI. THE LATER BRONZE-AGE IN THE NORTH

PAGE

vii

xi

xxiii

xxvii

9

19

48

Third Part.

THE IRON-AGE.

CHAP.

PAGE

VII. THE RISE AND SPREAD OF THE IRON-AGE.

102

VIII. THE EARLIER IRON-AGE IN THE NORTH

IX. THE MIDDLE IRON-AGE IN THE NORTH, OR FIRST

PERIOD OF THE LATER IRON-AGE

135

X. THE VIKING-TIMES IN THE NORTH, OR SECOND PERIOD

OF THE LATER IRON-AGE

182

APPROXIMATE CONSPECTUS OF THE PREHISTORIC SETTLE-

MENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE IN THE

SCANDINAVIAN NORTH

205

MAP OF THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH, AND CHART TO ILLUSTRATE

THE PROGRESS OF THE VARIOUS CULTURES NORTHWARDS.