EARLY MAN 
trimmed flakes. They vary greatly in shape, but are always made 
from thin flakes, with the edges trimmed to a somewhat even cutting 
edge. They are often oval, sometimes resembling lanceheads, but 
sometimes they are circular. Two common forms are illustrated in 
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fig. 53. The one marked a is from Dunstable, and B is from Kempston, 
Bedford. 
Amongst the smaller antiquities in stone none are more beautiful 
than the spear-, lance-, javelin- and arrow-heads. As a rule these are all 
made from very thin flakes. As the finer articles are extremely delicate, 
and as Bedfordshire is a thoroughly agricultural county, it follows that 
many of the thinner and more highly finished examples are found in a 
broken state. Many javelin- and arrow-heads must have been lost by the 
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