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Excavations at Cass ny Hawin, a Manx Mesolithic Site, and the Position of the Manx Microlithic Industries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

P. C. Woodman
P. C. Woodman*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University College, Cork, Ireland
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Abstract

The excavation of a mesolithic site at Cass ny Hawin, Isle of Man, is described. Later agriculture had destroyed all but a few features including a hollow, which was certainly artificial but probably not a residential structure. There was an extensive lithic industry, dominated by microliths. The distinctive nature of the Manx microlithic industry is discussed, as well as the subsistence economy and human colonization of the island.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , 1987 , pp. 1 - 22
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1987

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