. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. c > O br,O bCO ?4-JO Vol. 60.] HUMAN REMAINS IX GOUGHs CAVERN, CHEDDAR. 345 been intentionally serrated, but on the whole there is an absenceof distinct traces of secondary chipping or dressing. The flakesmust, many of them, have been more than 4 inches long. Ifthe form and workmanship of the implements shown in fig. 7 be Fig. 7.—Flint-blades, borers, and scrapers, found in association withhuman remains in the cave-earth of Gouglis compared with those figured by G. & A. de Mortillet in their ? MuseePrehistorique 1881, pi.
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. c > O br,O bCO ?4-JO Vol. 60.] HUMAN REMAINS IX GOUGHs CAVERN, CHEDDAR. 345 been intentionally serrated, but on the whole there is an absenceof distinct traces of secondary chipping or dressing. The flakesmust, many of them, have been more than 4 inches long. Ifthe form and workmanship of the implements shown in fig. 7 be Fig. 7.—Flint-blades, borers, and scrapers, found in association withhuman remains in the cave-earth of Gouglis compared with those figured by G. & A. de Mortillet in their ? MuseePrehistorique 1881, pi. xix, figs. 120, 122, & pi. xxi, figs. 135-37,139 ; with some blades from Kents Cavern shown in the British-Museum Collection : and with a set obtained from Bryan Cave,Torquay, shown in the British-Museum (Natural History) Collection(all of which are classed as Palaeolithic), their striking resemblanceto all these examples will be apparent. Q. J. G. 8. No. 239. 2 a 346 MK. H. N. DAV1ES ON THE DISCOVEEY OF [Aug. 1904, The animal-remains found in the cave-earth of fissure gbelonged entirely to the horse; and all the hollow bones hadbeen splintered for the marrow. The proprietor assures me thatthe bones and teeth of extinct mammals now placed in his col-lection were found in the cave-earth of the vestibule. Theseinclude Ursus spelceus, Hyo&na spelaea, Felis spelcea, Rhinoceros ticho-rhinus, Cervus megaceros (? ), Equus caballus, etc. As, however, iis impossible to fix the exact positi
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