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RECENTLY a number of stone implements have been uncovered by labourers in sand quarries at Green Springs near Ibadan, Western Nigeria. These implements are associated with deposits of river sand and clay. The workmen wash the sand, discarding the clay and stones, usually placing the latter in heaps or scattering them about the ground. Thus it has not been possible to determine the level at which they were lying before excavation. Generally, however, the layers containing stone are between one and seven feet below the main surface-level.
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KOSTICK, E., WILLIAMS, C. & WILLIAMS, S. Stone Implements from Western Nigeria. Nature 184, 124 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184124a0
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