EXCAVATIONS IN LOUGHTON CAMP, EPPING FOREST. 133
31. (1/2). Circular scraper, trimmed all round, somewhat
roughly made. Lower part of "Relic bed," XXII.
32. (1/2). Normal horse-shoe scraper. Bleached sand forming
the lower part of the rampart, XXIV., on the north-east side of
the Camp.
33. (1/2). Corner-flake, that is to say, a flake struck across a
corner of a core, when starting a new direction of work. In
some instances the rough ridge of specimens of this type appears
to have been utilized as a kind of triangular file. Found in the
middle part of the inner bank, XIX.
34. (1/2). Ridged flake, with cross working from the ridge
near the point. This specimen would serve well as a spear-point,
and it approaches the form to which the name of "strong-point "
has been given. This is particularly fresh looking, and has
mineral incrustations (? manganese) upon it. Bleached sand
forming the lower portion of the rampart, XVI.
35. (1/2). This is a typical example of a "strong-point,"
whatever the significance of that form may be : in many cases
at least I think it represents only the removal of an excrescence
on the core. Lower part of the rampart, III.
36. (1/2). Small piece of flint with open notch and other
chipping, smashed rather than flaked. I have found similar
objects in contemporary association with Roman remains, and
I believe them to be strike-a-lights. Upper part of "Relie-
ved," XXII.
37. (1/2). Prismatic core, worked from either end. Lower
part of "Relic-bed," XVIII.
The previous specimen, 37, may have been utilized as a tool,
in addition to being a waste core. In the next three specimens
we are introduced to that somewhat puzzling group of core-like
pieces, sometimes called the "cone culture," sometimes "push
planes." In many instances these show unmistakable evidence
of prolonged wear along the somewhat blunt edge, but this
wear always comes from the directions indicated by the arrows
in the drawing, and never from the action of pushing them along
upon their flat striking platform, in the position in which
they stand as cones.
38. (1/2). Sub-conical piece, flaked only on one portion and
not all round. a shows the flaked portion with the worn edge ;
b is the side view of the same, with cortex behind. No example