Cervus Elephus antler piece Equus Mandible and Human parietal skull bone, excavated from Prehistoric deposits at Stainsby beck .

 1-Mineralised Cervus Elephus antler piece, Equus mandible and Human parietal skull bone.

  2 - This piece belonged to a huge Cervid with an antler height of around 45 inches.

  3 - It was excavated alongside this Equus mandible piece.

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  5 - 7  Prehistoric Human Parietal skull bone.

  6 - Note the condition of this piece, it has been washed and dried nothing more.

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  1Excavated Cervus Comparison with a large Bos skull piece this was a big Bambi !.

Prehistoric Human tibia shaft excavated from grey deposit at

Ammonite pieces & blue green mineral from the Stainton gravel beds.

 1- Large ammonite section 120mm x 80mm x 80mm.

  2 - This fragment was from a much bigger ammonite, i would say this would have been about 150mm wide.

  3- What looks to be Coral.

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  4 -Blue Green mineral.

  5 - I first thought this to be Turquoise, but it seems to soft, it is very much like chalk.

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  8 I  now know this piece to be Malachite .

 9 - 11 Unknown Bivalve

 10 - Belemnite section.

 11 - All of the above came from just a small section of the Stainton gravel beds.

HISTORY OF A BECK: The Stainton gravel beds

Clevlands Triassic Mercia mudstone slabs descovered containing fossil sand ripples.

  1 - I can find no reference to other finds like these in the rare Mercia mudstone exposures of the Cleveland area. 

  2 - I have informed Geological groups, but still await a reply.

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  9 - There is a possibility that these cracks contain some type of fossils, i.e. there are some very strange and intricate shapes in there. 

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 HISTORY OF A BECK: The Triassic Mercia mudstone of Stainsby beck

Recrystallized Sponge & Coral

  1 - This piece i believe is Recrystallised sponge.

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  5 - This larger piece i believe is recrystallized Coral.

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  9 - The pieces seem to be made up of Calcite, a lot of crystals are clearly visible.

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  12  I now believe the crystals are part of an Aragonite recrystallisation process that basically involves the mineral soaking into the original limestone, and replacing it.     
Nodules and minerals from the Mesolithic gravel ... - history of a beck
 

Stone tool & Preseved leather

 1 This preserved leather was found by myself at a location on the banks of the river Leven, on the boarder of Cleveland and North Yorkshire.

 2 - It has the same appearance and needle marks as previous preserved material I have found, in all of the deep beck valleys of south west Cleveland.  HISTORY OF A BECK: Preserved leather

 3 - As ive stated before I have no idea of the age of these pieces of preserved leather, but i am sure all are hand made and had ornamental stitching attached.

 4 - Note the polished finish on the leather.

 5 - This slate has been shaped and had a hole bored into it, again I have no idea of its age, I can only imagine it as some kind of fishing tool ?

 6 - Note the wear marks toward the right as viewed.

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 8 - The tool was found close to the leather although this in no way links them i.e. the leather could have travelled far, the stone probably not far.

 

HISTORY OF A BECK: Mesolithic tools and carved bones from the ...