| Cave Burial

Ash Tree Shelter

Excavation

A.L. Armstrong, 1949; R. Dinnis & A. Chamberlain, 2012 (walkover survey).

Curation

Burials

MNI: 1 (adult).

Finds

Animal bones.

Dates

Period	Reliability
Neolithic	¹⁴C date obtained directly on human remains

¹⁴C

4669 bp (OxA-27992) on human tooth.

Field Glossary

Whitwell

Derbyshire

Midlands

NGR: SK 5145 7620

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Bibliography

Armstrong, A.L. (1949) Exploration of prehistoric sites in East Derbyshire. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 69: 69-73.

Dinnis, R., Bello, S.M., Chamberlain, A.T, Coleman, C. & Stringer, C. (2014) A cut-marked Neolithic human tooth from Ash Tree Shelter, Derbyshire. Cave and Karst Science. 41 (3): 114-117.

Article Author Graham Mullan