Wednesday 10 April 2013

( Stainsby beck) Prehistoric excavation

1 - All excavated bone including one piece of pottery.
                                                                       
                                                               
 2 - Equus scapula piece before being fully excavated.


 2a - Excavation

3 - Another utilised bone

 4 - 8  Pottery rim piece hopefully I will get the dating from Tees Archaeology using this piece.

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 8 - All of the pottery pieces found strongly attract a rare earth magnet, as with most minerals and bone found in this area, it must contain some kind of magnetite. 

 9 - 10  Capra Ovis horn.

 10 - This horn seems large for iron age early or late.

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