George Rock Shelter, Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan


NGR: ST 112 717

NPRN: -

SMR: -

CCR: -

Excavation: R. Peterson, 2005 - 2007.

Curation: -

Burials: MNI: 7+

Finds: Prehistoric and Roman pottery; Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flint; worked bone; metal artefacts; animal bones.

Date: Neolithic and Post-Medieval (1)

14C: 125 bp (OxA-20967); 4929 bp (OxA-20968); 5083 bp (OxA-X-2424-44) on human remains.

Bibliography:

Aldhouse-Green, S. & Peterson, R. (2007) The Goldsland Caves research project: excavations in 2007. Archaeology in Wales 47: 68-71.

Aldhouse-Green, S. & Peterson, R. (n.d.) Excavations in Goldsland Wood, Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan 2005-2007. Draft interim report. University of Central Lancashire.

Bronk Ramsey, C. et al. (2015) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system. Archaeometry datelist 35. Archaeometry 57 1: 177-216.

Higham, T.F.G. et al. (2011) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system. Archaeometry datelist 34. Archaeometry 53: 1067-1084.

Peterson, R. (2012) Social memory and ritual performance. Journal of Social Archaeology 13: 266-283.

Peterson, R. (2019) Neolithic Cave Burials: Agency, Structure and Environment. Manchester University Press, Manchester.

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