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EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN. 



[CHAP. vii. 



drift type, in Which a pebble has been chipped to a cut- 

 ting edge all round. This form is repeated in ironstone, 



FIG. 45. Ironstone Implement, Robin Hood Cave, \. 



in which material the characteristic oval-shaped Mche 

 (Fig. 45) has also been fashioned, r* Numerous quartzite 

 pebbles also, with one end chipped to an edge, had 

 probably been used as choppers for breaking up bones. 



Flint flakes and chips 

 appear in the lower part 

 of the cave -earth, and 

 scrapers, one of which 

 (Fig. 46) is a flake with 

 its edge carefully and 



Fia - 46 c -t s 7s e n MnHood ****** chi pp ed ' y 



like one from Kent's Hole, 

 Fig. 392 of Mr. Evans' work on Ancient Stone Imple- 



