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II.—The Ice Age in England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Nils Olof Holst
Affiliation:
(late of the Geological Survey of Sweden)

Extract

After the little survey of the pluvial epoch contained in thepreceding section we may turn our attention again to England.In the Thames Valley at Swanscombe (Barnfield pit) there is foundbeneath the deposits which yield early Chellean implements a yetolder layer which does not contain any implements.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1915

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Since this paper was written the author has visited the well-known locality Rickmansworth. At the bottom of the old river-gravel, 18–19 feet thick and only a few inches above the Chalk, are here found Chellean, Acheulian, and early, primitive Mousterian, all pre-glacial. This is therefore a new locality for “Mousterian with warm fauna”.

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