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side of the line that I happened to draw between areas XIX.
and XXI.
The sarae relation between the "relic-bed" and the rampart
also held good all along the junction in areas XXII. and XXIII.
THE FLINT INDUSTRY.
The distribution of the flint industry of the Camp, as shown
by the following table, is of some interest. The column headed
"axes, etc.," does not include one perfect axe, but fragments
representing the axe-group of implements in the largest sense,
including the "Thames pick."
It will be seen that there is a definite association of the flint
industry with the "Relic-bed" and also with the bleached sand
more than with the main body of the ramparts. The proportion
in the case of the latter is really greater than appears in the
table, owing to the fact that the bleached sand is so much the
thinner.
In the above table the flints found in the main body, and in
the underlying bleached sand, of the cross-bank in area XIX. are
included with those found in the outer ramparts.
During the digging of 1882 a group of flakes was found beside
a hearth, which was involved in the structure of the Camp, and
some of these flakes were re-fitted one on to another by Worthing-
ton Smith, showing them to have been undisturbed.
I have spent a certain amount of time in endeavouring to
follow his example, and have been successful in four cases. I
do not doubt that there are others in the collection, but they
are not easy to find. Some of these re-fits are particularly
useful from the point of view of position.