CAVE BURIAL

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

Wolf Cave

Also known as Goldsland Wood Cave


Excavation

R. Peterson, 2005 - 2007.

Curation

-

Burials

MNI: 4+ (adult and juvenile).

Finds

Early Neolithic pottery; Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints; animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Early Bronze Age14C date obtained directly on human remains
Early Medieval14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

3781 bp (OxA-X-2423-15); 1391 bp (OxA-X-2423-16) on human teeth.

Wenvoe

Vale of Glamorgan

Wales

NGR: ST 111 718

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Bibliography

Aldhouse-Green, S. & Peterson, R. (2007) The Goldsland Caves research project: excavations in 2007. Archaeology in Wales 47: 68-71.

Aldhouse-Green, S. & Peterson, R. (n.d.) Excavations in Goldsland Wood, Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan 2005-2007. Draft interim report. University of Central Lancashire.

Bronk Ramsey, C. et al. (2015) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system. Archaeometry datelist 35. Archaeometry 57 (1):177-216.

Article Author Graham Mullan