CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Feizor Nick Caves


Excavation

W.K. Mattinson, c.1912

Curation

T.C. Lord

Burials

MNI: 4 (2 adult, 2 juveniles)

Finds

Animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Neolithic14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

3720 bp (OxA-14263) on human bone

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: SD 7887 7877

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External References

Sites and Monument RecordYD 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