Kinsey Cave
Excavation
Unknown, 1890, 1912-1919; J.W. Jackson & W.K. Mattison, 1925-1932; E. Simpson & T. Lord, 1932-1935; T. Taylor, 2005.
Curation
Buxton Museum, Manchester Museum, T.C. Lord collection, University of Bradford.
Burials
MNI: 4+ (2+adults, 2+ juveniles).
Finds
Upper Palaeolithic flint and chert artefacts; Bronze Age artefacts; Romano-British artefacts; worked antler; animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
4472bp to 5111 bp (OxA-14798, OxA-147999, OxA-15790, OxA-15791; SUERC 10518) on human bone.
External References
| National Monuments Record | SD86NW 4 |
| Sites and Monument Record | YD 3776 |
| Scheduled Ancient Monuments | 13248 |
Bibliography
Brook, A. et al. (1991) Northern Caves, Volume 2. The Three Peaks. Dalesman, Skipton.
Gilks, J.A. (2005) The polished stone axes from four caves in the Craven Uplands of North Yorkshire. Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society 23: 1-5.
Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1992) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 14. Archaeometry 34 (1): 141-159.
Hetherington, D.A., Lord, T.C. & Jacobi, R.M. (2006) New evidence for the occurrence of lynx (Lynx lynx) in medieval Britain. Journal of Quaternary Science 21: 3-8.
Jackson, J.W. (1931) Lynx remains from Yorkshire caves. The Naturalist 115-116.
Jackson, J.W. (1962) Archaeology and Palaeontology. In Cullingford, C.H.D. (ed.) British Caving. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 252-346.
Jackson, J.W. & Mattinson, W.K. (1932) A cave on Giggleswick Scars, near Settle, Yorkshire. The Naturalist 5-9.
Lord, T.C., O’Connor, T.P., Siebrandt, D.C. and Jacobi, R.M. (2007) People and large carnivores as biostratinomic agents in Lateglacial cave assemblages. Journal of Quaternary Science 22: 681-694.
Taylor, T., Lord, T.C. and O’Connor, T. (2011) Recent Work at Kinsey Cave. Unpublished report, University of Bradford.
Article Author Graham Mullan