EARLY MAN 
Examples of an elongate form of hammer-stone made of flint are 
much more easily found, and these are of fairly frequent occurrence. 
A specimen from Caddington, abraded at both ends, is shown in fig. 46. 
Fic. 46. 
This is illustrated in a mounted state fixed in a stem of bent sallow 
and tied with leather thongs. Such an instrument could be used not 
only as a hammer but also as a weapon. 
Spherical hammer-stones, mullers, or pounders are frequent. These 
are usually abraded all over. They were probably used for bruising corn, 
breaking bones, and pounding pieces of flint into small fragments for use 
in clay for pottery. The example illustrated in fig. 47 is from the foot 
of Dunstable Downs. Such implements are common in camps in com- 
pany with flakes. They have been found close to Maiden Bower. One 
specimen in the writer’s collection was found close to the right hand of a 
contracted skeleton in a ruined tumulus on Dunstable Downs (see fig. 59). 
A class of tool most difficult to find is the polishing stone. These 
are pebbles of flint or quartzite, with one end rubbed flat by the final 
polishing of flint celts. A beautiful example from Maiden Bower, Dun- 
stable, is illustrated in fig. 48. It came from a hole into which broken 
pots, broken bones and flint flakes had been thrown in prehistoric times ; 
the upper abraded part is black, lustrous and finely striated. Another of 
somewhat larger size was also found at Maiden Bower. A larger example 
of quartzite from Waulud’s Bank, Luton, is illustrated in fig. 49. 
Sling-stones or throw-stones are frequent in Bedfordshire, especially 
in or near camps. They are remarkably uniform in size and make. 
They are about the size of a large walnut and usually chipped all over to 
a circular or ovoid form. They were probably used with a wooden or 
leathern sling, and perhaps often thrown with the hand. An example, 
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