Sunday 7 April 2013
Wednesday 3 April 2013
Richard White, International Wildlife Museum, vertebrate paleontologist , in the warm hole to the rear !
The man to the rear has advised me for two years or more , I believe without this mans continued support I may have given up my research long ago cheers Rich ! note the bison skull to the right of Rich .
Friday 29 March 2013
(Stainsby beck) 29 , 3 ,13 Prehistoric excavation
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Thursday 28 March 2013
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Prehistoric lake bed deposits and excavated bone & pot including an Auroch scapular
1 - This image shows the latest prehistoric bones and pottery piece excavated from the grey deposits at Stainsby beck south west Cleveland in the north east of England .
2 - This image is a close up of what I am sure has to be a scapula piece from an extinct Auroch ( Bos Premigenius ) . I have been advised the Pottery is late iron age to Roman, but no Roman breeds were this big nor local Longifrons wild or semi domesticated.
Monday 25 March 2013
New prehistoric finds Stainsby beck
3 - Note how deep into the deposit the metacarpal is situated , the Human tibia shaft shown in earlier posts was excavated about a metre to the left .
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Better images of crystals thanks to Roger Curry cheers mate .
Better images of crystals thanks to Roger Curry cheers mate .
Friday 22 March 2013
Another Mesolithic gravel bed deposit uncovered at Stainton
1 - The red outline shows the newly excavated gravel bed at stainton , again the bed is about 300mm deep very compact and very level .
4 - As shown in many previous posts the widespread Stainton gravel beds are far from erratic deposits , and cover every area of south west Cleveland I have excavated .
5 - The yellow outlines show the ever present grey - blue organic deposit that sits above the gravel beds at all locations .
HISTORY OF A BECK: The Stainton gravel beds
Monday 18 March 2013
Excavated Prehistoric flint from ancient lake deposit Stainsby beck Cleveland.
1 I could be wrong but I believe this flint that was excavated from the same grey deposit as the bones and leather reported in earlier posts , was very likely used as a fire starting implement .
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