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Late Devensian and Early Flandrian Barbed Points from Sproughton, Suffolk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

J. J. Wymer ,
R. M. Jacobi  and
J. Rose
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Summary

Commercial gravel working in the Devil's Wood Pit, Sproughton, situated in the flood plain of the River Gipping, has produced as chance finds two barbed points of bone and antler. Both came from the sand and gravel deposits which fill the buried channel of the Gipping. The points are discussed in relation to other barbed points found in England, particularly those which have associations which allow their dates to be assessed. Radiocarbon dates from organic material within the sands and gravels suggest that the barbed points were deposited during the latter part of pollen Zone III and the early part of Zone IV. A long blade industry has been recorded from the surface of the sands and gravels, and reference is given to further details of this industry.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 41 , December 1975 , pp. 235 - 241
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1975

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