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Three Microlithic Industries from South-west England and their Affinities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

G. J. Wainwright
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The main object of this article is to describe the material from three microlithic sites in south-west England, and to interpret them in the light of present information. Two of the sites are in Somerset, at Shapwick and Middlezoy on the Burtle Beds in the vicinity of Bridgwater, and the third is in Cornwall at Dozmare Pool on Bodmin Moor (fig. 1). Thanks are due to the authorities of the following museums for their kind cooperation: The County Museum, Taunton; The Torquay Natural History Museum; The Plymouth Museum; The Exeter Museum; The County Museum, Truro; and the British Museum.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 26 , December 1960 , pp. 193 - 201
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1960

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page 201 note 1 Mr J. Wymer's research at Thatcham, Berkshire, emphasizes the typological homogeneity of these industries and I am indebted to him for permission to use this information. Sites I and II at Thatcham, assigned to the Late Boreal and Early Atlantic periods respectively, can also be assigned on typological grounds to the early Maglemosean colonization of south-east England, and indicate the penetration along the Kennet Valley from the East.

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