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Title: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Geological Society of London
Subjects: Geology
Publisher: London (etc.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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and west (and doubtless also to the north, before the excavationof the pit), the bedding of the gravel and sand still to be seen inthe section led Mr. Topley, Mr. Clement Reid, and Mr. Spurrell tothe conclusion that this part of the gravel is undisturbed. It maybe thought that this skeleton was let down from the surface in amore recently formed pot-hole, but although such excavations arenumerous in the adjacent Chalk, yet immediately below the spotwhere the bones were found (and the chalk still remains) there is no pot-hole. The possibility of these human bones being the remnants of acomparatively modern burial will occur to every one, but thepeculiar characters presented by these remains point to their beingof considerable antiquity, and the depth at which they were found—namely, below about 8 feet of gravel—is greater than in the caseof most prehistoric interments. Moreover, there is no evidence Fig. 2.—Palaeolithic Flint-implements from the Terrace-gravel atGalley Hill, Kent.
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Nos. 1 and 2 are chipped all round ; 3 and 4 hare a large portion of theoriginal rounded surface of the flint left at the base ; 5 is a flake workedon one side only; 6 is worked all round, except a small surface at thebase. Specimens 1 to 5 were obtained by Mr. E. Elliott. No. 6 wasfound by the present writer in the gravel, during a recent visit. (All the figures are half natural size.) 524 ME. E. T. NEWTON ON FOSSIL HUMAN EEMAINS (Aug. 1895, whatever of this being an interment: and the two observers whosaw the bones in situ are perfectly satisfied that the remains weredeposited with the gravel and not as a subsequent burial. The rarity of bones in these high-level gravels suggests thepossibility of their having been removed by the continued percolationof water during the long period which has elapsed since they weredeposited. It still further suggests that, if any human bones hadbeen deposited with the gravel in Palaeolithic times, they would longsince have disappeared. However, bone

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