Feizor Nick Caves
Excavation
W.K. Mattinson, c.1912
Curation
T.C. Lord
Burials
MNI: 4 (2 adult, 2 juveniles)
Finds
Animal bones.
Dates
Period | Reliability |
---|---|
Neolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
3720 bp (OxA-14263) on human bone
External References
Sites and Monument Record | YD 52804 |
Bibliography
Brook, A. et al. (1991) Northern Caves, Volume 2. The Three Peaks. Dalesman, Skipton.
Leach, S. (2015) Going Underground: an Anthropological and Taphonomic Study of Human Skeletal Remains from Caves and Rock Shelters in Yorkshire. Leeds. Yorkshire Archaeological Society.
Smith, M.J., Brickley, M.B. and Leach, S.L. (2007) Experimental evidence for lithic projectile injuries: improving recognition of an under-recognised phenomenon. Journal of Archaeological Science 14: 540-553.
Article Author Graham Mullan