Dead Man's Caves
Excavation
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Curation
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Burials
MNI: 1+
Finds
Animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Iron Age | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
511-376 BC (calibrated) on human bone
External References
| Sites and Monument Record | MYD 55426 |
Bibliography
Brook, A. et al. (1991) Northern Caves, Volume 2. The Three Peaks. Dalesman, Skipton.
Lord, T. & Howard, J. (2013) Cave archaeology. In Waltham, T. and Lowe, D. (eds) Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales. Volume 1. Buxton, British Cave Research Association, pp. 239-251.
Murphy, P.J., Faulkner, T.L., Lord, T.C. & Thorp, J.A. (2015) The caves of Giggleswick Scar – examples of deglacial speleogenesis? Cave and Karst Science 42: 42-53.
Article Author Graham Mullan