TRACES OF MAX FOUND IN THE ROBIN-HOOD CAVE. 



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out of pebbles, in which advantage has been taken of the smooth sur- 

 face to form one side of the implement. 



A triangular implement (fig. 2), tapering from the unworked base 

 to an obtuse point, and carefully worked at the sides and point, was 

 obviously intended to be used in the hand like those of the Pleisto- 

 cene river-gravels. The side which is not figured is flat, and has 

 been produced by one blow which has split the pebble ; it measures 

 44 inches. 



A second rudely chipped stone has also probably been intended 

 for use in the hand ; its point, however, has been broken away, so 

 that its exact original form cannot be ascertained. 



A third, with curved hatchet-edge, is notched by use ; and its 

 rounded shape bears a resemblance to some of the " choppers " of 

 Le Moustier, La Madelaine, and of the British river-gravels figured 

 by Mr. Evans (fig. 443). It consists of a pebble broken so that 

 the blunt end may be easily grasped in the fingers. 



Figure 3 represents a rude flake which has the bulb of percussion 

 and the surface of the chipping-block as well marked as in most 

 flint implements of the same kind. One of its surfaces is composed 

 of the water-worn surface of the pebble ; and both its edges have 

 been chipped by wear. 



Another form may be described as a flake of the rude kind found 

 in the valley-gravels and in the cave of Moustier. Its edges are 

 considerably worn by use. It is the only quartzite implement found 

 in the breccia, the two others being splinters. 



The implements, fig. 4, of quartzite, and, fig. 5, of ironstonp, 



Fig. 4. 



Fie:. 5. 



Oval quartzite implement, X^. 

 Cave-earth, a. Section. 



Oval implement of ironstone, X .]-. 

 Cave-earth, a. Section. 



have been chipped all round, and are of the oval shape common at 

 St. Acheul and at Moustier. The first corresponds in form with 

 that which I have figured from Wookey Hole in the Journal of the 

 Society, and the second with one which I have in my possession 

 Q. J. G. S. No. 127. t 



