Abstract
DURING the past summer excavations on the Palæolithic site known as La Cotte at St. Bre-lade, in Jersey, have been pushed on vigorously. When the work for the year came to an end in 1914 a trench had been driven across the cave from the western to the eastern side-wall, a distance of about 40 ft. This trench was about 8 ft. from the entrance. The excavations undertaken this year had three objects in view: first, to extend the examination of the Palæolithic floor along the western side-wall, of which 25 ft. in an inward direction had been uncovered in 1911, and if possible reach the hitherto undetermined back-wall; secondly, to clear the entrance of the cave along its whole breadth by removing the barrier of talus, about 25 ft. high, on the outer side of the trench; and lastly, on the inner side of the clearing thus made, to push along the eastern side-wall.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
FALLAIZE, E. Recent Excavations on a PalÆolithic Site in Jersey . Nature 96, 238 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096238a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096238a0