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Pebbles of Quartzite near Piltdown, Sussex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Herbert L. Hawkins
Affiliation:
University of Reading.

Extract

In July of 1929 I visited the classic locality of Piltdown under the guidance of Sir A. Smith Woodward. After paying homage at the tomb of Eoanthropus we descended from the plateau to the low-level gravel terrace that flanks the flood-plain of the River Ouse. At a place known locally as Sharp's Bridge (marked on the accompanying map by a cross) there is a new but already extensive gravel pit. A spot-level on the map near the pit gives the approximate level of the top of the gravel terrace as 38 o.d.; the face of the pit is dug to a depth of from 8 to 10 feet below this level, and seems to reach down to about the level of saturation determined by the water of the river.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1930

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