tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post7982320068590622758..comments2024-03-28T14:00:12.372+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: After the Devensian Glaciation......BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-19604946253776564852012-08-27T14:31:03.455+01:002012-08-27T14:31:03.455+01:00Of course they are, Geo. I didn't suggest oth...Of course they are, Geo. I didn't suggest otherwise.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-78384655581473112582012-08-27T14:20:52.392+01:002012-08-27T14:20:52.392+01:00Finds from the gravel are the major source . Any p...Finds from the gravel are the major source . Any problems regarding provenance are equally applicable to the Shotton distribution map .geocurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-29257321910806195522012-08-27T13:17:53.231+01:002012-08-27T13:17:53.231+01:00Thanks Geo -- yes, I have come across John Wymer&#...Thanks Geo -- yes, I have come across John Wymer's work. There is a major problem with flint and other apparent "implements" found in river gravels etc. Their identification as genuine human artefacts has in many cases been questioned, as I understand it. Even if there are genuine artefacts in gravels, the distribution map of such finds must have a very large random element in it.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-24290509393009167862012-08-27T13:07:56.043+01:002012-08-27T13:07:56.043+01:00John Wymer produced a great study with more recent...John Wymer produced a great study with more recent distribution maps in 1999 .<br />The problem is that most of the finds tend to be due to the opening up of gravel quarries in river valleys , an emphasis on searching the honeypot areas of the south east and east Anglia and the difficulty of recognition outwith the flint rich areas . These factors can skew the distribution .geocurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-21284037360732791382012-08-27T08:15:38.000+01:002012-08-27T08:15:38.000+01:00Thanks Tony -- will try to check out these things....Thanks Tony -- will try to check out these things. The map which I used in this post is very old -- I quite appreciate that there must be other versions that are much more up-to-date....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-52259142659210817232012-08-26T18:24:39.277+01:002012-08-26T18:24:39.277+01:00You may find it interesting/useful to look at this...You may find it interesting/useful to look at this site:-<br /><br />"Revised Avebury Resource Assessment 2012" by Wessex Archaeology<br /><br />Go to Section 2.<br />Then to "Lower & Middle Paleolithic" by Julie Scott-Jackson<br /><br />There may well be a Lower Paleolithic component to these studies too.<br /><br />A useful contact may be Dr Nick Snashall, who is based sometimes at Avebury, sometimes at Stonehenge, and works for the National Trust. I think she might be quite helpful. You can still contact her via the national Trust at Alexander Keiller Museum, at Avebury, Brian; she will have a phone extension/email. I have attended one of her Flint Workshops there. No doubt she may know about Lower Paleolithic finds westwards of Wiltshire such as Somerset.Tony Hnoreply@blogger.com