The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . at work must have been done by post-Palaeolithic man. In either case we may conclude that the use ofthe term Eolith should be suspended till proofs of the existenceof a pre-Palaeolithic race are established. Some specimens lately found by Mr. Harrison at Maplescombe(Kent) are by his request now exhibited to the Society. Thoughnot immediately bearing upon the subject under consideration, theyare of much interest as examples of the continuity of Palaeolithic ^ See T. G-. Bonney, The Formation of Flints, Phonogr. Quart. Eev, vol. i(1894)
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . at work must have been done by post-Palaeolithic man. In either case we may conclude that the use ofthe term Eolith should be suspended till proofs of the existenceof a pre-Palaeolithic race are established. Some specimens lately found by Mr. Harrison at Maplescombe(Kent) are by his request now exhibited to the Society. Thoughnot immediately bearing upon the subject under consideration, theyare of much interest as examples of the continuity of Palaeolithic ^ See T. G-. Bonney, The Formation of Flints, Phonogr. Quart. Eev, vol. i(1894) pp. 37-41, 296 ME. W. CUNJSriNGTON ON PALEOLITHIC [Aug. 1898, work after the great climatic change. They are rude implements,fashioned by man, from flints taken from the plateau-gravels, sub-sequently to the close of that period. Fig. 4 represents one ofthese (No. 827): the part marked o is the old brown coating, the livery of the plateau-flint, and n is the flaked work, of a lightcolour, forming the implement. Pig. 4.—No. 827, from Maplescomhe (Kent).. A rude pointed implement, flaked by man, after the flint of whichit is made had passed through the changes of the plateau post-Glacial Palreolith. (11 X 6 cm.) I gladly express my obligations to Prof. Bonney, Mr. Teall, andDr. Gregory for valuable help in the examination of the specimens,and to the last-named gentleman for kind assistance in the prepara-tion of this paper. vol. 54.] implements from the plilteait-gbavels. 297 Discussion. Prof. Seeley remarked that, as a member of the Committee ofthe British Association assisting Mr. Harrison in collecting plateauflint-implements, he had been impressed by the skill with which theevidence was marshalled (by Mr. Harrison and others) to illustratethe use of the flints in the domestic life of the people. But withregard to a large part of the evidence, he thought that there wasexperience of the production, both by natural strain in beds of chertand flint and by chance blows
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