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A Late Palaeolithic Settlement in the Colne Valley, Essex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2012

Nina Frances Layard
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The small flake implements belonging to a late palaeolithic industry, some of which are shown in the illustrations of this paper, were collected during about three years' work in some gravel pits which have been opened in a river terrace in the Colne Valley, Essex. That this site represents a settlement, and that the flints are not merely an aggregation of odd implements brought down by flood, there appears to be sufficient proof, first because of the distinctive nature of the industry itself, and secondly by the finding of hearths and depressions, which appear to be either the floors of pit dwellings or for use as wind-screens. The numerous cores and flakes also found suggest that the working places of implement makers have come to light.

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Research Article
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 1927 , pp. 500 - 514
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1927

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page 506 note 1 I have since seen the blue loam here mentioned at a depth of about 10 ft.—N.F.L.

page 511 note 1 Since writing the above, a closer examination of the Kelling implements has led both Mr. Sainty and myself to the conclusion that the Norfolk industry is later than that found in the Colne Valley. The unpatinated condition of the Kelling implements and the presence among them of numerous round thumb-scrapers are some of the points of difference.

page 512 note 1 A very similar straight-sided celt was found at Grime's Graves, and is illustrated in the P.S.E.A. Report, vol. ii, part ii, fig. 49 A, but it does not follow that it was of neolithic origin, as a great mixture of implements has been found on that site.