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Title: The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Evans, John, Sir, 1823-1908
Subjects: Stone age
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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510 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. (chap. XXIII. decomposition than usual with flakes of the Neolithic Period, and that itbears upon it some of those bright shining specks so common on flintsfrom the gravel, there is nothing to distinguish it from one of much moremodern date. These bright or polished spots, •which are very minute, seemto indicate points of contact with other stones, and the lustre upon them isprobably due in part to pressure, and in part to friction. They are most
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Fip. 412.—Gravel Hill, Brandon. i apparent on dark coloured flint, and afford one of the tests of the authen-ticity of a worked flint professing to belong to the River-Drift Period. One of the most interesting features at Gravel Hill is that there, for thefirst time, were found cutting stone implements of the Paleolithic Periodformed of other materials than flint or chert. That shown in Fig. 442,though so identical in form with many of the implements of flint, isformed of felstone, no doubt derived either from the Boulder Clay orfrom some other of the Glacial Beds. One lace appears to show a con- GllAYEL HILL, BRANDON. 511 siderable portion of the original surface of the block of stone from whichthe instrument was fashioned, but the whole surface is now somewhatdecomposed, so much so, that it is difficult to determine with certaintythe nature of the material, which by some has been regarded as dioriterather than felstone. One face has been skilfully chipped, the flakeshaving been re

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