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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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e in places as much as 14 or 15feet in thickness. Mammalian remains are scarce, but teeth andportions of tusk of Elephas primigenius have been found atRampart Bill, and the core of the horn of an ox, and teeth ofhorse, and bones and teeth of elephant, at Warren Hill. • Phil. Tran*.t 1864, p. 253. Si ealso Quart. Jour. Oeol. Soc, 1861, vol. xvii. p. 364.Kvans, jh-vh., vwl. xxxviii. p. 302 ; vol. xxxix. p. 63. Lyell, Ant. of Man, p. 169. 1CKLINGHAM. 489 Up to the present time the search for remains of testacea inthese beds has proved unsuccessful. Not only have the worked flints been discovered in considerablenumbers, but the Rev. W. Green well, F.S.A., has found in thegravel at Warren Hill several of the quartzite pebbles bearingevident marks of abrasion and bruising at the ends, such as mayhave resulted from their having been in use as hammer-stones,either for chipping out the flint implements or for other purposes.He has also an ovate lanceolate implement from this spot, 4§ inches
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Fig. 420.—Kampart Hill, Icklingham. $ in length, and formed from a quartzite pebble, the original surfaceof which is still preserved over nearly the whole extent of one ofthe faces. Examples of the implements are given in Figs. 420 to 424. The finer of the two, of which mention has already been made ashaving formed part ot the collection of Mr. Warren, of Ixworth, is nowin my own, and is shown in Fig. 420. It is more convex on one facethan the other, and a portion of the butt presents an almost scraper-like 490 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. (CHAT\ XXIII. appearance, The angles formed by the facets are slightly worn, and the surface of the flint has beenmuch altered in character,having become nearly white,and quite lustrous. This al-teration in structure is almostuniversal with the Icklinghamimplements, though in manycases they are ochreous in-stead of white, and not un-frequently the discoloration isonly partial, giving them adappled appearance. In manyinstances the angles are muchwater-w

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