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6 - I also excavated this piece of black flint from deep into the deposit, i don't know a lot about worked flint but this piece could have been.
7 - I am sure Tees archaeology will know one way or the other and will post there opinion .
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The Stainsby collection to date .
The image above shows the fossil bone and artefacts excavated to date from the prehistoric grey deposits at stainsby beck, in the south west of Cleveland North East England . The Human tibia shaft is not shown as its not in my possession any more , as it was handed over to the Anthropologist, as were the other Human bone finds from this area .
Human and animal fossil bones found so far at ... - history of a beck
The bone and artefacts excavated to date include bones from at least one Human , and seven different animals including , Capra , Equus , Bovine , Canis , Cervid , Pottery ime told that looks to be iron age , Preserved leather shoe sole , with intricate stich holes and possible bone decoration , and possibly worked black flint . All can be viewed in earlier posts .
I must stress that the mineralised bones found and excavated in this and other areas , including several Human pieces are ancient ! and have been deemed so by a forensic anthropologist from Teesside university .
1 - excavation site .
2 The days first find Horse mandible piece .
3 The last piece excavated was approximately 3 metres into the deposit .
4 The red outline shows today's area of excavation .
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6 - The horse mandible piece below was excavated approximately 200 mm further into the deposit still buried behind the partially excavated bones shown in this image . 
7 - 12 Young horse mandible piece .
8 - The erupting teeth show this horse was young .
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10 - Incisors 
11- This piece was excavated over two metres further into the deposit , from the ancient Human tibia shaft , shown being excavated in an earlier post .
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13 - This image shows all the pieces excavated today , they include two horse mandible pieces Capra - ovis horn cores - scapula piece - rib piece - metacarpal piece - bovine mandible piece .
14 - I am not sure whether the groves on this metacarpal are a result of Canis chewing or human use . 
15 - Again ime not sure that the marks on this scapula piece were caused by chewing . .
16 - I have now had advice from a well respected professional from the United States , that back my own thoughts up about this piece , i.e. the marks are too long too parallel and too regular too be chew marks . I believe this to be a tool of some sort maybe a winding device . Peter Row of Tees Archaeology has viewed these images and thinks they could possibly be wear marks caused by some type of twine .
