PRIMAEVAL MAN IN THE VALLEY OF THE LEA. 89
The Stoke Newington forgers produced the first bold chipping of
their implements as illustrated in fig. 11. One man carefully held
the flint to be manipulated with both hands whilst a second used
a hammer and punch as shown. I have omitted in this restoration
Fig. 11.—Two persons producing the bold secondary chipping of Palaeolithic implements ;
a sketch founded on the method adopted by modern forgers.
a handle to the hammer. It will be observed that the flint
implement makers used a kind of anvil of stone or wood. A
stone anvil is engraved in the "Transactions of the Essex Field
Club," vol. iii., p. 135. A flint "punch," found by me with other
Fig. 12. — Flint
punch" (one-
half actual
size).
Fig. 13.—Sketch showing how the tertiary or finest chipping was pro-
duced by the Stoke Newington forgers.
Palaeolithic relics at Little Thurrock, Essex, is illustrated in fig. 12.
It will be observed that the point of the "punch" has been splin-
tered from the base upwards, apparently from being used as shown
in fig. 11.