1- This Horse metatarsal was recently excavated from the same section of previously undisturbed gravel bed at Stainton.
2 - The black flint scraper was excavated from the bed just to the right of the bottom of the spade, The metatarsal was excavated from slightly further in to the gravel bed. The gravel beds have been dated between 12 to 16,000 ybp this would make these finds almost certainly Mesolithic.
3 - Excavated worked flint
4 - Note the gloss like shine almost all of the bone samples I have excavated from the gravel beds have this shine, nothing has been applied i.e. polish, the bone has been washed dried and rubbed with a cloth nothing more.
1- This Horse metatarsal was recently excavated from the same section of previously undisturbed gravel bed at Stainton.
2 - The black flint scraper was excavated from the bed just to the right of the bottom of the spade, The metatarsal was excavated from slightly further in to the gravel bed. The gravel beds have been dated between 12 to 16,000 ybp this would make these finds almost certainly Mesolithic.
3 - Excavated worked flint
4 - Note the gloss like shine almost all of the bone samples I have excavated from the gravel beds have this shine, nothing has been applied i.e. polish, the bone has been washed dried and rubbed with a cloth nothing more. 
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Please feel free to correct me on any part of my blog, i would also welcome any help that can be offered in correctly identifying some of my fossil finds All the best to all Heath.