2 - The gravel bed can be seen quite clearly sat on the red Mercia mudstone, above the gravel bed the deposits are the same as ive found above the Stainton gravel beds excavated so far in the south west area of Cleveland.
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Megaloceros mandible
Equus mandible excavated
Friday, 15 February 2013
More fossil bone excavated from my main excavation.
The bone location in this image is shown within the red circle, the gravel beds are outlined in yellow just below.
4 - The bone at first looked fragile, but after a wash and rub i found it to be heavy and hard, also it has the usual very high shine.
8 - These two rib pieces were excavated close to the scapula piece, again they have the high shine.
10 - This image shows the gravel bed outlined in yellow, and the red - brown plastic clay below outlined in red.
11 - This image shows the gravel bed outlined in red, then two suspended gravel pockets outlined in yellow in the stoneless sandy deposit above, then the stoneless alluvium above the black outline.
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Auroch metatarsal
This bone is impressive in lengh and robustness, and matches some of the largest Auroch and Bison priscus metacarpals ive viewed, yet i have noticed that there is so much disagreement between different researchers both in the past and present, that i personally believe only carbon dating or excavations showing that there was no probability of a settled human contact, can determine whether ancient fossil bovine bones are from totally wild free animals, and not interfered with by early humans
Monday, 11 February 2013
Contents of sieved lake deposits from Stainsby beck Cleveland
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