ANCIENT CLEVELAND - HISTORY OF A BECK

Monday, 15 April 2013

Septarian concretions excavated from the Stainton gravel beds

1 - I have now been advised by members of the Mindat forum that this and other pieces that I excavated from the Stainton gravel beds recently are Septarian concretions.

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Prehistoric bone and artifacts to date. ( Stainsby Beck south west Cleveland )

This is the full assemblage to date of excavated bone and artefacts, including a preserved leather shoe sole, pottery, and utilised bone and wood, from the grey lake bed deposits at Stainsby beck Thornaby on Tees Cleveland. Tees Archaeology have been informed of all finds. The Human tibia shaft excavated from this deposit is not shown but can be viewed by clicking the link below.

http://historyofabeck.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/ancient-human-tibia-shaft-excavated.html

The links below show more pieces from these deposits.

Human and animal fossil bones found so far at ... - history of a beck

Another femur and bos skull found in the same area ... - history of a beck

http://historyofabeck.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/more-of-huge-prehistoric-cervus-elephus.html

Stainsby beck Prehistoric Mineralised wood excavated from Iron Age deposits.

1 - This piece of mineralised wood was excavated from the ancient lake bed deposits at Stainsby beck.

2 - It was excavated very close to the latest bone and pottery finds.

3 - The mineralised wood like most stone and bone found in the south west area of Cleveland is magnetic, this phenomena has been reported many times to Geologists by myself.

4 - The thicker veins seem to be totally mineralised, calcite maybe. I believe this wood was utilised, before it ended up with the bones and artefact's also found.

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

( Stainsby beck) Prehistoric excavation

1 - All excavated bone including one piece of pottery.

2 - Equus scapula piece before being fully excavated.

2a - Excavation

3 - Another utilised bone

4 - 8 Pottery rim piece hopefully I will get the dating from Tees Archaeology using this piece.

8 - All of the pottery pieces found strongly attract a rare earth magnet, as with most minerals and bone found in this area, it must contain some kind of magnetite.

9 - 10 Capra Ovis horn.

10 - This horn seems large for iron age early or late.

Please use the link below to view more on this excavation.

South West Cleveland's ancient deep beck valley deposits

I am now starting to believe that the deep beck valleys of the south Cleveland area have been utilised by ancient Humans, not just after there creation but during there creation , up to 17.000 ybp.

I have so far over a seven year period, excavated stone and bone tools,and preserved mammal bones including Human bone from the Stainton gravel beds.

Then excavated countless mammal bones including both bone and stone tools and pottery, and again Human bones excavated, from what looks to be ancient lakes created in these deep beck valleys, either for burial or sacrificial purposes.

historyofabeck.blogspot.com

A simple record of mineralized Mammal bones and older fossils and minerals, excavated and found after release by flood waters from the recently descovered Stainton gravel beds. I am growing in cofidence now that i am getting close to proving the superficial geology beneath the south west area of cleveland is not the jumbled up glacial mess it is stated to be. And that mammals that have been stated as absent at the time that the Stainton gravel beds were formed, were infact here along with Humans. I have also stumbled upon a phonomina concerning the magnetic attraction of the Cleveland dyke in the Stainton area. Posts concerning the Stainsby deposits are not related to the much older Stainton gravel beds.