Archaeocyaths ?

 1 I have not seen any sponge or corral fossils like this before.
 

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Stainton beds Unknown Articulated Brachiopod and later fossil beneath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stainsby beck Prehistoric lake deposits

  1- This image shows the latest preserved bone excavated from less than a square metre of the lake deposits, at Stainsby beck. 

  2 - Bos skull with a distal Humerus piece attached.

 

  3- The bundle in this image contains a small sus skull and mandible it was excavated at the same level and right next to the Bos skull.

  5- This image shows the bones cleaned using soap and water, and includes a Bos skull  that has sustained a violent impact to its right side, Wild boar skull and Mandible, Bos skull fragment with horn core attached, large Lumber vertebrae that looks to be Cervid, Ovis horn core piece possibly used as a tool, unknown distal tibia piece, unknown metatarsal.

  6 - Wild boar skull.

   7 - The skull looks to have sustained considerable damage to its right side, this is as with the bos skull unlikely to have happened after it was buried.

  8 - I believe the Stainsby lake deposits were possibly the site of some sort of  sacrifice, involving both Humans and animals.

Mineralised Equus Hyoid bones

 The bones in this image belong to the Equus descovered in the old river Tees, they are heavily mineralised and have the same high shine as all the Equus bone found or excavated in the south west area of Cleveland.

Equus Mandibles with no sign of Periostitis ( Bone spurs )

  1 This image shows two right mandible pieces and a full mandible, they were all found within a mile and a half of the same waterway.

  2 - They all have one thing in common apart from the fact there all Equus, that is a complete lack of  Mandibular Periostitis, damage caused by the use of a bit, on all three examples.

  3 - No damage, Work horses race horses etc. were  particularly susceptible to bone spurs  ( Mandibular Periostitis )  caused by the use of a bit.
 

  4 - The tooth surface on all three examples, show no signs of interference by humans. I have found and excavated many Equus mandible pieces in the becks of south west Cleveland, but am yet to see any signs of Human use.

Impact to Equus skull excavated from the old river Tees at Thornaby on Tees Cleveland.

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The first image shows the impact damage on the inner side of the skull.

  2 - This image sows the damage i believe must have been caused by a blunt impact.

  3 - It is possible the damage was done by rubbish in the river flow, but i think this is unlikely as there is no other damage to the jaw or skull.

  4 - This looks deliberate and not modern in any way.

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Preserved leather

I have no idea how old the preserved leather is in the images below, they were all found in Stainton and Maltby becks.


I 1 I have found similar hand made preserved leather in all of the deep beck locations in the south west area of Cleveland North East England.

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  5 The piece at the top has copper nails attached.

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  9 The studs are made of iron - steel

  10 This piece has what looks to be a set of gates marked out with some sort of needle.

  11 closer view

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  14 The holes to the top edge look like lace holes of some kind.

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