1 Bone found deep into the deposit at Stainsby beck, note the Whinstone from the near by Cleveland dyke.
2 The Equus Mandible is just vissible 4 0 clock from the red tool handle, the deposit is covered by packed gravel bed at this location about 500mm thick.
3 Washed and dried.
4 This 2 square metre deposit has now yielded a Human Parietal skull bone, 2 different horse mandibles, and a very large Cervid antler and skull piece.
5 Note the mineralisation and lack of bit damage, as ive stated before nearly all of the Equus mandibles in my collection, show no signs of the use of a bit, i.e. Periostitis or irregular tooth wear.
6 Equus Scapula
7 Note the preservation
1 Bone found deep into the deposit at Stainsby beck, note the Whinstone from the near by Cleveland dyke.
2 The Equus Mandible is just vissible 4 0 clock from the red tool handle, the deposit is covered by packed gravel bed at this location about 500mm thick.
3 Washed and dried.
4 This 2 square metre deposit has now yielded a Human Parietal skull bone, 2 different horse mandibles, and a very large Cervid antler and skull piece.
5 Note the mineralisation and lack of bit damage, as ive stated before nearly all of the Equus mandibles in my collection, show no signs of the use of a bit, i.e. Periostitis or irregular tooth wear. 
6 Equus Scapula
7 Note the preservation 
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ReplyDeleteThank you Rita any input you have regarding my work would be most welcome, I have been told by Tees Archaeology that the black quartz rich pottery pieces ime finding in the lake bed deposits are most likely iron age, but they could not be more specific.
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