David Heys Lithics Collection

This archive contains data on the Lithic collection amassed by David Heys. David Heys first met fellow flint-collector Geoffrey Taylor in the 1960s while out flinting on March Hill, which was the beginning of a lifelong friendship, and together for almost every weekend in the 1980s and 1990s they combed farmland directly above Sutton Bank on the W edge of the North York Moors, and either side of the main Helmsley road, hunting for flints, as well as on the Lincolnshire Wolds, work which was to result in a truly remarkable collection of archaeological material. After Taylor's death, Heys continued flint collecting across the western and central North York Moors but also, as he had done before he met Taylor, in the Yorkshire Dales, South Pennines and Peak District nearer his home. He now lives in quiet retirement in Springhead, Oldham, where his collection currently resides

本档案包收录了大卫·海斯（David Heys）所积累的石器标本集（Lithic collection）相关数据。20世纪60年代，海斯在三月山（March Hill）开展燧石采集活动时，结识了同为燧石收集者的杰弗里·泰勒（Geoffrey Taylor），二人自此结下终身友谊。在20世纪80年代至90年代，几乎每个周末他们都会结伴搜寻燧石：足迹遍及北约克沼泽（North York Moors）西侧萨顿班克（Sutton Bank）正上方的农田、赫姆斯利主公路两侧，也曾前往林肯郡沃兹丘陵（Lincolnshire Wolds）开展采集工作，此番劳作最终积累下一批极具价值的考古遗存。泰勒逝世后，海斯仍持续在北约克沼泽的西部与中部区域进行燧石采集，同时也像结识泰勒之前那样，在离家更近的约克郡谷地（Yorkshire Dales）、南奔宁山脉（South Pennines）与峰区（Peak District）开展采集工作。如今海斯已在奥尔德姆（Oldham）的斯普林黑德（Springhead）安享静谧退休生活，其藏品目前亦存放于此地。