A Discovery of Pleistocene Bones and Flint Implements in a Gravel Pit at Dovercourt, Essex
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9333118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Underwood (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1913 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 360-368 |
| Publication date | 1913-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-8418 • E-ISSN: 2059-6294 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0958841800022936 |
| OpenAlex | W2335660434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The discovery with which this paper deals was made by me in August, 1908. In the early part of that month, while walking in Upper Dovercourt, I noticed a gravel pit being excavated in a field overlooking the Stour Valley, and thinking it was a likely spot to find river drift implements, I interviewed the workmen, and found that though they knew nothing of humanly-flaked flints, they had noticed and preserved a number of bones, which, however, had unfortunately been sold to a local rag and bone merchant. The occurrence of these bones made me feel confident that flint implements must be associated with them; so I took a representative series of Palæolithic implements for the men to see, and explained to them that it was such things I wanted them to look for. I also took the opportunity of examining the stone heaps in the pit, and was fortunate enough to discover two Moustier-like implements, which, though of no great importance, confirmed me in my opinion as to the implementiferous nature of the gravel bed
Archaeology · Mining engineering · Nothing · Pleistocene · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1937 - 2022 (86) |
| Highly cited | No |