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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 1614
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint artefact finds from Canterbury, but not more-specifically provenanced

Summary

Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint artefact finds from Canterbury, but not more-specifically provenanced

Grid Reference:TR 1 5
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint artefact finds from Canterbury, but not more-specifically provenanced, including numerous handaxes and debitage, and a few Levallois flakes (1, 2, 3, 4).


<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, pp 616, 620 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<2> Smith, R.A., 1931, The Sturge Collection: an Illustrated Selection of Flints from Britain bequeathed in 1919 by William Allen Sturge, MVO, MD, FRCP. British Museum, London. (Monograph). SKE29708.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p. 141 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-4.26, p 146 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. pp 616, 620.
<2>Monograph: Smith, R.A.. 1931. The Sturge Collection: an Illustrated Selection of Flints from Britain bequeathed in 1919 by William Allen Sturge, MVO, MD, FRCP. British Museum, London..
<3>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p. 141.
<4>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-4.26, p 146.