Worm's Head Cave
Excavation
E.C. Cunnington, pre-1917; W. Riches, 1923-24; G. Cooper, 1966-1967; M. Davies, 1986; R.Schulting, 2004.
Curation
R.I.S.W. Museum, Swansea; Natural History Museum, London.
Burials
MNI: 2+ (1 adult, 1 juvenile).
Finds
Upper Palaeolithic knife, flint, chert and rhyolite implements, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Mesolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
8800 bp (OxA-4024) on human bone.
External References
| Sites and Monument Record | 00108W |
| Cambrian Caving Council Record | 1075 |
Bibliography
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Davies, M. (1986) Worms Head Cave, Rhosili. Archaeology in Wales 26: 34.
Davies, M. (1989) Recent advances in cave archaeology in southwest Wales. In Ford, T.D. (ed.) Limestones and Caves of Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 79-91.
Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1996) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system. Archaeometry datelist 21. Archaeometry 38 (1): 181-207.
Morgan, W.L. (1920) Annual Reports of the Royal Institute of South Wales: 14-15.
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Schulting, R.J. (2009) Worm’s Head and Caldey Island (South Wales, UK) and the question of Mesolithic territories. In McCartan, S. et al. (eds.) Mesolithic Horizons. Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 354-361.
Article Author Graham Mullan