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PREHISTORIC BRITAIN

consist of objects made of flint and horn, but no polished ones (Fig. 21). Among the flint implements there is one of a special type which is regarded as characteristic of the period, viz. the tranchet (No. 1), a kind of hatchet having the cutting edge on one side formed by a large facet. No. 3 is a fragment of an Azilian harpoon, and Nos. 4 and 5 are bone combs. Except the dog, none of the ordinary domestic animals has been found on these stations, nor any of the cultivated cereals.
Fig. 21.—Objects from Danish Kjøkkenmøddings (1, 3–5), and Hut-dwelling of Campigny (2). (All 1/2.)

The tranchet is also the most characteristic implement in the hut settlement of Campigny (Seine-Inférieure) (No. 2). A workshop for the manufacture of this implement has been described at Coudraie, near Montevilliers (Seine- Inférieure). According to M. Salmon (dict.