Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Ancient bones and preserved shoe sole excavated from lake bed deposits
1 This image shows the entire collection of excavated fossil bone including at least seven different animals including horse, ovis -capra, bos, cervidae, and Human tibia, and a leather artefact i believe to be the sole of a shoe, that looks like it has been decorated with worked fossil bone. ( See update )
2 This leather artefact was excavated about 300 mm into the previously undisturbed grey clay deposit.
3 I hope this image shows what i see ime sure worked bone has been inserted either for decoration or as some kind of fastening.
6 The underside showing the bone with same worked surface, as the previously shown inner surface.
Today I reported the Human tibia I excavated along with the other fossil mammal bone, it was viewed by the Anthropologist and deemed as ancient, no surprise there considering the Prehistoric deposit it was excavated from, I believe the grey deposit of clay is either the remnants of a large lake or swamp like water body
Today I reported the Human tibia I excavated along with the other fossil mammal bone, it was viewed by the Anthropologist and deemed as ancient, no surprise there considering the Prehistoric deposit it was excavated from, I believe the grey deposit of clay is either the remnants of a large lake or swamp like water body
Human and animal fossil bones found so far at ... - history of a beck
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Prehistoric Human tibia shaft excavated from grey deposit at Stainsby beck Thornaby on Tees Cleveland.
1 - This image shows a a Prehistoric Human tibia shaft outlined in yellow , before being fully excavated from the grey lake bed at Stainsby beck. To the right outlined in red some of the other none human bones are visible but most are still buried. I believe the two different Human femurs found at an earlier date just down stream, and the preserved leather moccasin type sole excavated and shown in an earlier post could all be related.
3 - This image shows an artiodactyle Mandible, and maxilla piece, the teeth tell me this animal was a juvenile .
4 - This horn core was also excavated very close to the Human tibia shaft and artiodactyle pieces shown in image 3 .
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Monday, 25 February 2013
Bone found in latest excavation into ancient lake deposit at Thornaby on Tees Cleveland.
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Finds so far from blue- grey deposit
Saturday, 23 February 2013
Prehistoric skull - maxilla - mandible excavated from possible sacrificial deposits.
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Gravel bed sat directly on top of Mercia mudstone.
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.
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Megaloceros mandible
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