The Kelling Flaking Site

Abstract

This has already been described in Vol. IV, Pt. II, p. 165–176, and in Vol. V, Part I, p. 56–61. During the past year the excavation has been continued with the constant assistance of Mr. E. H. Barclay and Mr. H. H. Halls, and we feel that now the most prolific portion of the site has been thoroughly examined. The most welcome finds have been three implements which Dr. Breuil characterised as “axe-burins” (Figs. 1, 2), for the very interesting and puzzling specimen obtained last year by Mr. Barclay had been described either as an axe or a “gros burin” (Vol. V, Pt. I, p. 58). In its size and general appearance it differed much from the usual Kelling specimens, and these new finds, smaller in size and obviously belonging in technique to the main industry, have served to establish the type as characteristic of the site. A number of burins of cave types (Figs. 3, 4) have also been obtained, but, though careful search has been made for the typical Tardenoisian micro-burins, not a single example has been observed.