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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12513014815).jpg 1872 <br> XANE rOX PALEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS <br> 459 <br> me With respect to the animal-re- <br> mains discovered in the high ter- <br> race it was found that the surface- <br> soil contained so many hones of re- <br> cent animals which dropped down <br> into the cuttings that it was diffi- <br> cult to distinguish them from any <br> that might be found in the gravel <br> The whole were therefore submitted <br> to Mr Busk who has kindly under- <br> taken to identify them and whose <br> report upon them will be read to the <br> Meeting See p 465 The position <br> of one tooth of Elephas primigenius <br> may however I think be regarded <br> as fixed ; it was found in the gravel <br> near Section H in Lome Terrace <br> at a dej th of 7 feet I did not see <br> it taken out of the gravel ; but it was <br> handed to me shortly after it was <br> discovered ; and I have no reason to <br> suppose nor do I think there is any <br> likelihood of its having been brought <br> to this place from any other deposit <br> of gravel The nearest gravel-pit <br> then being worked was a mile and <br> a half distant ; the bones of that <br> gravel-pit were being collected for <br> me by other workmen at the time ; <br> and there could be no object in <br> transferring this bone from one pit <br> to another when they knew that <br> they would receive the same re- <br> muneration from whichever pit it <br> came This however to the best <br> of my belief is the first tooth of <br> Elephas primigenius which has been <br> found in the high-terrace gravel <br> The mid terrace is prolific in ani- <br> mal-remains as has been already <br> shown by the researches of Professor <br> Morris <br> I now turn to the Mid-terrace <br> gravel About a mile and a half <br> south of the Church field at Acton <br> in a place called Brown's Orchard <br> between Acton Green and the Brent- <br> ford Road some excavations were <br> being made to obtain gravel The <br> position of this spot with reference <br> o <br> B <br> ¢jaATjj; sain'cijj <br> ¢jf'EMJl'EJ ; <br> <br> ¢OS <br> g <br> d <br> <br> u <br> J' <br> – si <br> ¢pa P'loj naja <br> ¢XuAqiuj ; <br> 08 <br> ¢X'EAijiBjj; <br> 7 <br> ¢08 <br> 1 <br> g ¢oe <br> lO <br> -t <br> – ¢001 <br> 6JD <br> S <br> S <br> -OTI <br> <br> M <br> u -jfuAviiua; 'Ai -D <br> VOL XXVIII PART I 34985510 108770 51125 Page 459 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985510 1872 Geological Society of London NameFound Elephas primigenius NameConfirmed Elephas primigenius NameBankID 5716812 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985510 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985510 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12513014815 2015-08-27 09 50 20 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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