Sunday 4 August 2013

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

Wednesday 31 July 2013

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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Sunday 14 July 2013

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

 
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Wednesday 10 July 2013

Archaeocyaths ?

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