Resource class
	palaeostar:Site
Url
	https://collections.durham.ac.uk/s/palaeostar/item/286
Title
	Rickson's Pit
References
	<p>Bridgland, D.R. 1994. <em>Quaternary of the Thames</em>. London: Chapman and Hall.</p>
	<p>Burchell, J.P.T. 1932. The Presidential Address for 1931: early Neanthropic man and his relation to the Ice Age. <em>Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia</em> 6: 253–303.</p>
	<p>Burchell, J.P.T. 1934. Fresh facts relating to the Boyn Hill Terrace of the Lower Thames valley. <em>The Antiquaries Journal</em> 14: 163–166.</p>
	<p>Chandler, R.H. 1932. Preliminary notice: types of Clactonian implements at Swanscombe. <em>Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia</em> 6: 377–378.</p>
	<p>Dewey, H. 1930. Palaeolithic Thames deposits. <em>Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia</em> 6: 146–155.</p>
	<p>Dewey, H. 1932. The Palaeolithic deposits of the Lower Thames Valley.<em> The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London</em> 88: 35–56.</p>
	<p>Foulds, F., White, M., Rawlinson, A., Shipton, C. &amp; Ashton, N., 2025. A twist in the tail: on the validity and characteristics of the Phase III handaxe assemblage from Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, UK. <em>Quaternary International</em> 746: 109951.</p>
	<p>White, T.S., Preece, R.C. &amp; Whittaker, J.E. 2013. Molluscan and ostracod successions from Dierden’s Pit, Swanscombe: insights into the fluvial history, sea-level record and human occupation of the Hoxnian Thames. <em>Quaternary Science Reviews</em> 70: 73–90.</p>
Condition
	Lightly Rolled
	Rolled
Shape
	Cleaver
	Ovate
	Point
Typology
	F
	G
	GJ
	HK
	J
	JK
	K
Country
	UK
Region
	Kent
Raw material
	Flint
Type
	Handaxe
Date
	MIS 11a

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