NOTES ON THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMER 

 EXCURSIONS, 1913. 



BY MR. A. COLLENETTE. 



The Geological detail gleaned during the excursions 

 carried out this summer and also during routine work of the 

 geological section has been important but not startling. It is, 

 however, different with the anthropological observations and 

 finds. These have been very important and the ultimate 

 conclusions derived from our detail may have a far-reaching 

 result. 



Anthropology and Geology (or at all events superficial 

 geology; are here inseparable, for the relative ages of the 

 implements found must largely depend on the true estimation 

 of the deposits in which they are found. 



It was with a keen appreciation of: this fact that, as far 

 as my own work was concerned, I did all I could during the 

 excursions to enable the members of the Society to see the 

 detail of the superficial deposits so that they might follow the 

 discussions. I shall therefore spend the greater part of my 

 time this evening on the Anthropological finds and their 

 geological horizons. 



The anthropological finds consist of worked flints chiefly, 

 but these are of very different ages, and I consider that one 

 of the results of the year's working is the recognition, beyond 

 the shadow of a doubt, of the presence, in our de-posits, of 

 paleolithic implements. 



It has been the custom for the members of this Society 

 to speak of flint implements, whatever their type, as Neolithic 

 and indeed prominent members up to very recent times have 

 denied the presence of paleolithics on the island. 



The fact of the undoubted presence of Mousterian man 

 in Jersey and the impossibility of separating Jersey and 

 Guernsey as regards their superficial geology has caused a 

 revulsion of opinion, and last year it was tentatively conceded 

 that Guernsey as well as Jersey should show evidence of 

 paleolithic man. 



It will be well for a moment now to consider what our 

 deposits are and why our flint implements have all been 

 attributed to neolithic times. 



