The Geology of Stainton beck



These layers are the latest i have discovered they are located below the more robust Stainton gravel beds, and seem to consist of fine orange coloured gravels with a black organic layer sandwiched in between.

The Stainton gravel beds

                                   This was one of my first posts and excavation at Stainton the pics were taken with my grandaughters kidzoom camera, but ime going to leave it for sentimental reasons!

 

                          More can be viewed regarding the Stainton gravel beds by clicking the link below

 

                                                                    The Stainton gravel beds

Bovine atlas vertebrae, unknown jaw, worked tibia, large rib piece

The jaw ime not sure about, the two vertebrae are bovine they were found four miles apart, but in the same geology there identical and both have the same dark brown colour, with no butcher marks.Ime certain the tibia piece has been used as some type of scraping tool.

The rib weighs 150 grams and measures 340 mm long, and 70mm at its widest point.

Bos humerus

The two Bos humerus where found in different locations, the one to the right weighs 925 grams and measures 295 mm long, 110 mm at its widest.

 

 

Large horse metatarsal

I found this horse metatarsal in a new location but again with the same geological layers, it had thick  concretion i believe to have been gravels and sand from the Pleistocene river gravels it was buried in before being washed out by flooding, covering most of it, when i removed it i could not believe the condition of the surface! It measures 115 mm long and 75mm at its widest point, weighing 675 grams.

Worked bone

 I found this in a new location the other day its carefully shaped bone and highly polished.

 It also has had a piece of carved wood inserted into its entire length, with a small hole bored right through.

I now know this to have been a handle of some sort.

Very large Tibia piece

Found this yesterday ive compared it with a lot of other Tibias and the closest match ive got is Bison Priscus.
It weighs 500 grams and would have been at least 450mm long.

Auroch Atlas vertabrae ?

New find.

I found this not far from where i found the Auroch Skulls,ive compared it with other horse and bovine and it maches an Auroch ive seen exactly.
It weighs 225 grams and is 130mm wide and 80mm high with some missing.

Large Vertabrae

Found theses the other day, the larger vertabrae is heavy and a lot bigger than the other two which i believe to be bovine.

It weighs 275 grams and measures 150mm long and 100mm wide with quite a lot missing.

Large Metatarsal

Found this the other day the Metatarsal
weighs 425 grams and measures 248 mm long
60mm at its widest point.

Prehistoric

mineralized mammal bone.

More of yesterdays finds.

I found this large radius in the same place
as the jaws, it weighs 575 grams
and measures 350mm long and 84mm
at its widest point.

I think it belonged to a large bovine?

 

I allso found this bovine metacarpal
like all the fossil bone ime finding its
in excellent condition.

This large rib piece again i think is bovine
it measures 220 mm long and 38 mm
at its widest point.


Prehistoric

mineralized mammal bone.