MERCIA MUDSTONE RIVER LEVEN NORTH EAST ENGLAND

 

 

 

 

Marton West beck ( Fairy Dell ) deposits including gravel bed

 1- The grey organic clay is outlined in red

                                                                                   

 2 - I could be wrong but I believe the deposits above the gravel bed are laminated. 

3 - Close up of the grey clay containing preserved organic material including Hazel nuts.

 4 - The gravel bed is outlined in black, as with all other locations note how flat it is, and its depth averages 250 - 300 mm thick as at most other locations.

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 6 - The gravel bed is outlined in black

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 10 - The gravel bed is outlined in red with the grey clay containing preserved organic material outlined in black.

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Peserved Equus bones

 

The image above shows some of the preserved Equus bones i have excavated or found in the beck valleys of south west Cleveland.

The bones include five skull pieces one intact, the assemblage represents at least nine different Equus, and all were found or excavated within a 2.5 mile radius of Stainton Village Middlesbrough Cleveland. only one of the pieces shows any sign of attention from Humans, Predators, Scavengers, or the Elements.  I no longer pick up peserved Equus  bones as there are so many in the beck Valleys of this area.

Latest excavated bone from the Fairy dell deposits

 1 - The red squares show the bone discoveries.

 2 - These deposits contain the exact same shell content as at Thornaby on Tees.

 

 

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 4 - Assemblage from the excavation

 5 - The bones come from at least three animals one looks to have almost certainly been Ovis - Capra ( Sheep or Goat to you & me )

 6 - Articulated Lumber Vertebrae unknown

 7 - Articulated Lumber Vertebrae unknown 

 8 - Pelvis piece unknown

 9 - Scapula Ovis - Capra

 10 Hock joint  unknown

Fairy dell Middlesbrough ancient lake deposits

  1 - The small assemblage excavated from identical deposits as at Stainsby beck Thornaby on Tees from newly discovered deposits at Marton west beck at Fairy Dell.

  2 - Equus skull excavated from identical clays as at Stainsby becks ancient lake bed deposits.

  3 - Proximal phalange of a sheep or goat

  4 - Note the blue concretion attached exactly the same as at the Thornaby on Tees lake deposits.

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  15 - Again note the concretion around the tooth.

 16 - The concretion on the bone is  identical to the bone excavated from the Thornaby deposits, three miles to the west.

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  19 - skull piece

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Prehistoric Human tibia shaft excavated from grey deposit at ...Thornaby on Tees ( Stainsby beck)

 ancient Iron age lake bed ...

HISTORY OF A BECK: Thornaby on tees ancient lake bed ( Stainsby


HISTORY OF A BECK: 04/11/13


 

Ancient sacrificial site more excavated bones

  1- Isolated gravel deposit amongst the lake clays, with un excavated bone, the red rusty patches are recent intrusions from the upper deposits.

 2 -  Wolf mandible before excavation

 3 - The wolf mandible can be seen above the top tool, with an un excavated deer mandible just the right of the tool, more unexcavated bone is marked by the lower tool.

 4 - All the days excavated bone.

 5 -  Wolf  Mandible and deer teeth - I have been advised by a trusted palaeontologist that he believes this to be from a wolf.  

 6 - Large yet immature Cervid mandible.

 7 - Foot or hand bones probably Cervid

 8 - Young  Boss skull

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 10 - Cervid Maxilla

 11 - Tooth Morphology

 12 -  Tooth Morphology - Mandible

 13 - Damaged fused bone