. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 254 Annals of the South African Museum. lithic implements appear tiny cores, some without secondary working, some very definitely made into core scrapers, tiny trimming flakes having been removed from about the circumference of the striking platform. With these may be mentioned little hammer stones, measuring an inch or less across, which appear to have been used for the purpose of making the secondary trimming on the crescents and scrapers. Small rod-like flakes, steeply worked on either edge, perha
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 254 Annals of the South African Museum. lithic implements appear tiny cores, some without secondary working, some very definitely made into core scrapers, tiny trimming flakes having been removed from about the circumference of the striking platform. With these may be mentioned little hammer stones, measuring an inch or less across, which appear to have been used for the purpose of making the secondary trimming on the crescents and scrapers. Small rod-like flakes, steeply worked on either edge, perhaps an inch in length, by a third of an inch across, by half an inch thick, are also found definitely associated with the Wilton imple- ments. These last make a sporadic appearance in the Smithfield " C " variation and in a few Middle Stone Age sites, though in the latter they tend to merge into the peculiar re-directing flakes of that period. Rough bone points (" awls ") also appear from the Wilton Cave. These consist of split bones sharpened at one or both ends to a torpedo-. _^o: J f? for u, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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