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The Quaternary Deposits at Hoxne, Suffolk, and their Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

R. G. West  and
C. M. B. McBurney
R. G. West
Affiliation:
Sub-department of Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge
C. M. B. McBurney
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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The long history of investigations at Hoxne, Suffolk, beginning when John Frere discovered Palaeolithic implements there in the last decade of the eighteenth century, has been described by Moir. Moir himself worked on the deposits at Hoxne, and the results of his investigations, together with those of Reid, have formed the basis for our knowledge of the geology and archaeology of the deposits. From these investigations it is clear that Hoxne is an important site, for it is one of the rare places where there are interglacial lake deposits and Palaeolithic implements in direct association with ground moraines of the older glaciations. Moreover, the deposits occupy a well-known position in the East Anglian Quaternary succession.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , December 1955 , pp. 131 - 154
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1955

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