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Monument details

Summary

Southfleet, One Tree Field; surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic material in the late 19th century (8 handaxes and 11 flakes), part of Stopes Collection at National Museum and Gallery of Wales.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

• DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
• HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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8 Palaeo. Handaxes and 11 pieces of debitage counted by F. Wenban-Smith. [1]
Southfleet, One Tree Field; surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic material in the late 19th century (8 handaxes and 11 flakes), part of Stopes Collection at National Museum and Gallery of Wales; recorded by Roe in the 1960s (1) then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (2). Handaxes are of varying shapes, including ovate and pointed (3).

Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 5.17 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Wenban-Smith F. F., 2004 (March), The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, 28 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p176 (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], NWK 5.17 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Wenban-Smith F. F., 2004 (March), The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, Site Catalogue, #28 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.

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