Fig. 1.
Point made of antler. Full size. Cave-earth.
a tyne, which has been ground down to a sharp point (fig. 1), similar to many of those found in the caves of the Dordogne, and figured in the 'Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ.' It may have formed part of a pin such as that figured by Mr. John Evans from Kent's Hole (Ancient Stone Implements, fig. 406). Another pointed tyne may also have been used for the same purpose as fig. 1; but the marks of Man's handiwork are not so decided. A fragment of the base of a Reindeer-antler from the cave-earth may perhaps have been cut and perforated by the hand of Man. Another is a triangular sharp-pointed arrow-head or piercer (?), formed of one of the plates of an Elephant's molar, probably of a milk-molar. Its surface is highly polished, and it has been formed by the loss of the enamel and the grinding of the surface of the dentine until it assumed its present form[1]. A loose plate of the milk-molar of a Mammoth was also found in the cave.
12. Implements of Quartzite and Ironstone.
The implements of quartzite and ironstone, eighty-six in number (irrespective of splinters), belong to well-known types in other regions, which are generally fashioned out of flint. They have all been made
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| Quartzite flake, ✕ 12. Cave-earth. a. Section. | Quartzite hache, ✕ 12. Cave-earth, a. Section. |
- ↑ This singular specimen is considered by Mr. Evans to be non-artificial. After a further examination of it in the British Museum, Mr. Davies and myself cannot look upon it otherwise than as expressed in the text.
