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II.—Fossil Arctic Plants from the Lacustrine Deposit at Hoxne, in Suffolk1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
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Near the village of Hoxne, close to the northern border of Suffolk, and about five miles east of Diss, lies the well-known lacustrine deposit from which Palaeolithic implements were obtained more than 90 years ago. This deposit has been so well described that it may seem presumptuous to imagine that there is still anything new to be said about it. But it so happens that every observer up till now has studied the deposit either from an archaeological or from a geological point of view. No one has paid special attention to the character of the associated plants, or to the climatic conditions which these plants indicate.
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page 441 note 2 Archæologia, vol. xiii. p. 204, 1800, two pp. and two 4to. plates of implements.Google Scholar
page 441 note 3 This is a mistake, the shells, etc., are freshwater.
page 441 note 4 Phil. Trans, vol. cl. pp. 304–308, pl. xi.Google Scholar
page 441 note 6 Ibid. cliv. p. 283.
page 442 note 1 Prof. Prestwich informs us that the oak wood was not found by himself, but was obtained from one of the men, who stated that pieces occasionally occur in a very sound condition, like the specimen which he produced. The wood is evidently fossil, but the exact horizon from which it was obtained may have been wrongly observed.
page 442 note 2 Determined by Mr. E. T. Newton.
page 442 note 3 Quart. Journ. Sci., n.s. vol. vi. pp. 289–304.Google Scholar
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