Flaking technology at the acheulean site of Boxgrove (West Sussex, England)

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  • CBChristopher A. Bergman
    Christopher A. Bergman
  • MRM.B. Roberts
    M.B. Roberts
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Abstract
The Acheulean site of Boxgrove, West Sussex, England, contains one of the largest areas of in situ Lower Palaeolithic deposits with both faunal and archaeological remains in Europe. This material is found in a complex series of Middle Pleistocene sediments which represent Marine depositional conditions at 42 m O.D. through to the onset of full periglacial conditions. The archaelogical material is primarily composed of ovate and limande bifaces with few retouched tools made on flakes. Extensive refitting of flakes from several distinct knapping scatters has demonstrated the undisturbed nature of the deposits as well as provided an insight into Acheulean flaking technology.