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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 SW 503 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Numerous Palaeolithic finds from general New Hythe area |
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Summary
Numerous Palaeolithic finds from general New Hythe area, collected late 19th C and early 20th C, mostly handaxes (including one bout coupe), but also flake-tools and debitage, and Levallois flakes and cores
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7100 6000 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76SW |
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| Parish: | EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Material documented by Roe (1), then included in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (2, 3). One of the handaxes is a bout coupe form, and in fresh condition (4, 5).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p167 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 4.10 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 4.10 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.
<4> Roe, D.A., 1981, The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain., p260 (Monograph). SKE29687.
<5> Tyldesley JA, 1987, The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford., p66 (Bibliographic reference). SKE29688.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p167. |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 4.10. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. M 4.10. |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1981. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain.. p260. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Tyldesley JA. 1987. The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford.. p66. |
