214 EOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM THE PLATEAU
What the makers of these implements
were like is quite unknown as no human
bones nor indeed any contemporaneous
organic remains have ever been found in the
plateau gravel. Nothing of that sort could
be preserved from such antiquity in so porous
a deposit. Our knowledge of the animals
with which these people were associated and
hence of the approximate conditions under
which they lived is little better, though a
slight clue is afforded by the occurrence in
a drift at Dewlish of Eolithic implements
together with the bones of an extinct species
of elephant—the Elephas meridionalis of Nesti
—which did not survive into the succeeding
Palaeolithic period.
The relation of the plateau gravel to the
other implement - bearing deposits of the
Thames Basin is well shewn by the accom-
panying section (fig. 7), and may be briefly
tabulated thus:—
Implements of Eolithic type have been
found at several localities in Britain outside
the Thames Basin1 the most noteworthy-
being Dewlish and Alderbury. They also
occur on the adjacent mainland of Europe2
and in South Africa.
For the use of those who would like to
go more deeply into the interesting problems
connected with Eolithic man, I have
appended a list of the more important papers
that I have been able to consult in the pre-
paration of this account. In this connection
1. As new records I may mention that I have obtained Eolithic Implements from among
Plateau Gravel debris overlooking the railway-station in the Chipstead Valley and from the
heights above Dover, both localities being on the North Downs.
2. The implements from the Plateau Gravel roughly correspond to the "Reutelian" and