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PREHISTORIC TIMES

and elsewhere in Europe, though our specimens are perhaps the most beautifully proportioned, and gracefully though simply decorated. The loops are replaced by lunate openings, mainly for ornament, though they served also to lighten the spear without seriously reducing the strength.

Fig. 22.—Spear-head from Rostrevor Down. Fig. 23.—Spear-head from Bush Mills. Fig. 24.