The Sligo Artefacts

Abstract

WE, the under-signed, have examined a representative series of the limestone specimens collected by Mr. J. P. T. Burchell in Sligo, Ireland, and, after a study of the type of flaking and of the forms of these specimens, we are of the opinion that they are of human origin. This view is based upon the various criteria applied to universally accepted implements, and has been reached only after the explanation of the Sligo specimens being due to natural forces has been considered and rejected. This statement is without prejudice to their cultural age.