A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



possibility of this form of misconception. In the Paleolithic Age not 

 only was stone employed, but weapons and tools were made of bone, 

 horn, wood, and doubtless other substances. In the working of flint, 

 however, man does not seem to have discovered the art of shaping it by 

 grinding. Chipping in bold, skilful fashion, so as to detach large frag- 

 ments by each blow, was characteristic of the paleolithic tool-maker. 



Comparatively few paleolithic remains have been found in Sussex. 

 Sir John Evans, however, records the discovery of implements at Bell's 

 Farm, Friston, near Eastbourne ; at East Dean ; and in the so-called 

 Elephant-bed near Brighton. 



In 1893 a small ovate implement, about 3 in. by 2^ in., was 

 found on high ground at Midhurst, which is now in the possession of 

 Mr. R. C. Fisher. 



In 1897 Mr. William Hayden of Chichester found a well-made 

 paleolithic implement at Appledram. It is of somewhat ovoid form 

 at present, but its shape has been considerably modified by injuries. 

 The edge particularly has been broken, and the owner has repaired 

 the damage, not quite satisfactorily, by restoration in putty. It measures 

 5-0- in. by 3^ in., but has clearly been somewhat larger in its complete 

 state. 



Another distinctly paleolithic implement, about 3I in. by 2-| in., 

 believed to have been obtained in the Broadwater district, is now in the 

 possession of Mr. Frank Lasham of Guildford. 



The discovery of a fine boldly-struck flake of paleolithic character 

 at Wiggonholt, in 1904, by Mr. W. Paley Baildon, F.S.A., suggested 

 to Mr. R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., the advisability of putting upon 

 record all the available details of paleolithic implements already found 

 in Sussex. It induced him, moreover, to make careful examinations for 

 further specimens, particularly in the river-gravels of the Arun and the 

 western Rother in and around the Pulborough district. The result of 

 Mr. Rice's researches has been to add three more paleolithic sites to 

 Sussex, viz. Coates, Fittleworth and Greatham. The implements from 

 Fittleworth much resemble those already mentioned as having been dis- 

 covered at Midhurst and in the Broadwater district; whilst the large and 

 somewhat roughly shaped implement found at Coates measures rather 

 over 5I in. in length and is of a distinct type. Mr, Rice communicated, 

 2 February 1905, to the Society of Antiquaries of London a minute 

 account of these various Sussex discoveries, and his paper will be found 

 in Proceedings J vol. xx. pt. 2. 



The Neolithic Age 

 This age, in England at any rate, is believed to have been separated 

 from the Paleolithic Age by something more than an advance in culture. 

 It is probable that important physical changes took place, during which, 

 what we now know as the British Isles was separated from the continent 

 of Europe. On the continent, probably, there was continuity of human 

 life, but it seems improbable that this was the case within these islands. 



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