Thaw Head Cave
Excavation
J. Thorp, 1986-87.
Curation
T.C. Lord.
Burials
MNI: 5 (3 adults, 2 juveniles)
Finds
Grooved ware Beaker & later Bronze Age pottery; flint knife & scraper; bronze pin; animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
5040 bp (OxA-14264) on human bone.
External References
| National Monuments Record | SD77NW 91 |
| Sites and Monument Record | YD 2306 |
| Northern Caves Index | 1509 |
Bibliography
Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.
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Gilks, J.A. (2001) Further finds of Grooved Ware from Thaw Head Cave, Ingleton, North Yorkshire. Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society 21: 60-62.
Keenan, E.M. (2014) A Tale of Three Caves: Faunal Contextualisation of Mixed Human and Animal Assemblages from the Yorkshire Dales. MSc dissertation, Department of Archaeology, University of York.
Knight, B. (2012) Thaw Head Cave: Taphonomic Investigation of a Microfaunal Assemblage. MA dissertation, Department of Archaeology, University of York.
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.
Article Author Graham Mullan