Geological magazine . elephant is J^. aniiquus, but Cyrena jiuminalis does notoccur. Several bases of deers antlers have been found here, fromwhich the branches and tines have been sawn off. One of these inthe collection of the Kev. E. Conybeare is now figured (Fig. 2). Thiswas a shed horn, but some of the bases have portions of the skullattached, which shows that the animals had probably been the Geologistiox 1861 ^ I have described and figured such a specimen,which evidently had been chopped off the skull, the marks of chopping ^ , vol. xxii, p. 470. * See Professor Hughes,
Geological magazine . elephant is J^. aniiquus, but Cyrena jiuminalis does notoccur. Several bases of deers antlers have been found here, fromwhich the branches and tines have been sawn off. One of these inthe collection of the Kev. E. Conybeare is now figured (Fig. 2). Thiswas a shed horn, but some of the bases have portions of the skullattached, which shows that the animals had probably been the Geologistiox 1861 ^ I have described and figured such a specimen,which evidently had been chopped off the skull, the marks of chopping ^ , vol. xxii, p. 470. * See Professor Hughes, Proc. Geol. Assoc, vol. xxii, pt. v, 1911. ^ Geologist, vol. iv, pp. 352-4, pi. ix, 1861. 220 Rei\ 0. Fislier— Works of Prehistoric Man. being distinct. It was dredged up at a spot called the Wallet, ofpClacton, in dredging for cement stone, and was in the possession ofDr. Bree, of Colchester. Ctjrma Jluminalis occurs in the Pleistocenecliff at Clacton, which seems to correlate the deposit with theBarnwell Fig. 3. Piece of red ochre cut into shape for marking lines, from , 1 inch ; width, J inch ; | inch in thickness at butt end. Probably in these cases the antlers were cut off for use, and thebases thrown away. I have not seen any fossil antler. We knowthat the antlers of red deer were used as picks by Neolithic man,because they have been found in the flint-mines at Grimes Gravesnear Brandon. What saw did these ancient people possess? That itwas not very efficient is shown by the marks it has left, and theyseem to have saved themselves the trouble of sawing as soon as theobject could be broken.
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