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The Campignian Tradition and European Flint-mining

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

W. Creighton Gabel
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In 1872 the name ‘Campigny’ appeared in archaeological literature for the first time, and the industry to which this site gave its name has been a subject of controversy ever since. At Campigny (Seine-Inférieure) were discovered pits containing worked flint and the remains of crude pottery. In a short time similar flintwork was discovered on other sites in north France. The typical implements were axes with the cutting edge formed by a transverse blow and heavy picks. Mortillet was the first to illustrate the analogy between French tranchet axes and those from Danish kitchen middens. In time typologically similar material was found from Britain to the Soviet Union.

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Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 122 , June 1957 , pp. 90 - 92
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1957

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