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2PREHISTORICMARSWORTH,Buckinghamshire (SP 932145) - Pitstone Local History SocietyStripping of topsoil by quarry excavators in the summer of 1976 revealedquantities of large Pleistocene mammal bones. These were lifted as an urgentrescue operation and sent to the Palaeontology Department of the BritishMuseum (Nat. Hist.) for identification. An enforced halt in quarrying meantthat work could proceed in .1977 under more orderly conditions with the al)»proval of the County Museum at Aylesbury, and, more recently, under the personaldirection of Andrew Currant of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) manymore specimens have been recovered. The species including HippopotamusAmphibius, Megaloceros, Gigantius, Cervos Elaphus, Bos Primigenius andElephas Antiquus. These are all thoughtto date from the last interglacialperiod at an estimated age of 120,000 years. Finds extend over a linear distanceof 4 mile and the width of the deposit is not yet apparent: the idealconditions for studying the stratigraphy make the site of unusual value.BRIXWORTH, Northamptonshire - Paul MartinWork continues to be carried out on the distribution and settlementpattern of prehistoric sites in Northamptonshire. More Neolithic and Bronzeage sites are being located by flint scatters in the county and an interestingsettlement pattern is gradually emerging. Earlier sites dating to theMesolithic period are also being located in similar fashion. This season'swork has so far located four sites dating to this period.Scatters of flint characteristic to the period have been found in fourparishes and all seem to favour heath land or river sands: Maxey TF 124089;Southorpe TF 077022; Wittering TF 047015; Wollaston SP 896646.Two of the larger scatters of flints dating to the Mesolithic periodwere identified at Brixworth (Kidway SP 751698; 2nd and 3rd Whaddon SP 734681).Both sites seem to represent the later Mesolithic period and were locatedagain on light soils.Analysis of the flints from these two sites gave emphasis to the patinatedmaterial rather than the non-patinated.On acid soils heavier patination on flints indicates an early dating.In this assemblage the early implements (scalene triangles, blunted pointsetc.) are patinated and that non-patinated material indicated Secondary Neolithicoccupation in forms of polished axe fragments and transverse arrowheads.It was interesting to note that on all six sites Secondary Neolithicmaterial was obtained.Analysis of the artefacts from the two sites in the parish indicatedlater Mesolithic occupation by the standard types associated with the period.Scalene triangles and rod-forms were found, but an abundance of wasteflakematerial dominated the assemblage which was in association with bladecores. The flint-scatter in Whaddon field covered around 3 acres whereas theKidway field covered only i acre. It was interesting to find that both sitesoccupied positions close to water sources.Illustrations of the artefacts are given from the two sites in Fig. 1.
31 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1011 12 1314 1516 17 18 19 202122 23 24 25 26gFigure 1Mesolithic flints from Brixworth, NorthantsNo. 1-10 (1/3); 11-26 (2/3)
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