WHOLE VOL. SKELETAL REMAINS OF EARLY MAN HRDLICKA 247 



Bones and horns: Part of horn core of one of small bovid; portion of antler 

 of reindeer; bone, probably from articulation of foreleg of a deer; pelvic 

 bones, probably from a small bovid ; and a piece of bone, which fell to pieces 

 on removal, from a rhinoceros. 



Among the fragments that could not be definitely determined was 

 also apparently a portion of a human tibia. Of flint instruments about 

 TOO have been obtained. They are, without exception, of the well- 

 known tongue-shaped Mousterian type, the " pointe a main "of 

 Mortillet. The cave gave no evidence of other than one occupation, 

 and is thus probably free from the confusion which results when 

 implements and remains of the fauna of different periods occur to- 

 gether and have become mixed by the work of burrowing animals, 

 water during floods, and other agencies, as is often the case in similar 

 deposits. By their fauna and the uniform type of stone implements, 

 the La Cotte cave deposits are shown clearly to be of the Mousterian 

 period. 



Further explorations of the site were carried on under the auspices 

 of the Jersey Society in 191 1 and again in 1912. They are reported 

 by Nicolle and Sinel and by Marett.^ They threw considerable light 

 on the nature of the cave and its filling, and were extended to what 

 may prove to have been a part of the same hollow on the base of the 

 wall of the opposite side of the gorge. They resulted in the discovery 

 in both caves of numerous additional flint implements, all of the 

 Mousterian type, and in the older excavation of more fragments of 

 animal bones, referable principally to the woolly rhinoceros, the rein- 

 deer, a large variety of horse, and probably the Bos prhuigcnius. But 

 no further human bones or teeth came to light. 



Meanwhile the human teeth (pi. 62) were subjected to careful 

 examination by Prof. Keith, of the Royal College of Surgeons, and 

 Mr. Knowles, of the Oxford University. The results of these studies 

 were published in 191 1 in the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology,^ 



' Nicolle, E. T., and Sinel, J., Report on the Resumed Exploration of " La 

 Cotte," St. Brelade, by the Societe Jersiaise, 191 1. Man, Vol. 12, No. 88, 

 pp. 158-162, 1912. Also in 37"" Bulletin de la Societe Jersiaise, pp. 213-222, 1912. 



Marett, R. R., Pleistocene Man in Jersey. Archseologia, \^ol. 62, pp. 449- 

 480, Oxford, 191 1. 



Marett, R. R., Further Observations on Prehistoric Man in Jersey. Archse- 

 ologia, Vol. 63, pp. 1-28, 1 91 2. 



Marett, R. R., and De Gruchy, G. F. B., Excavation of a Further Portion of 

 La Cotte de St. Brelade. 38*' Bulletin de la Societe Jersiaise, pp. 326-330, 1913. 



" Keith, A., and Knowles, F. H. S., A Description of Teeth of Paleolithic Man 

 from Jersey. Journ. Anat. Physiol., London, Vol. 46, pp. 12-27, 191 1- Re- 

 printed, with an additional note, in 2,7" Bulletin de la Societe Jersiaise, pp. 223- 

 240, 1912. Abstract in Nature, \"ol. 86, pp. 415-416, 191 1. 



