Flint Jack's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset


NGR: ST 4632 5381

NMR: ST 45 SE 22

SMR: S 10387

SAM: -

MCRA: 737

Excavation: R. Pavey, 1893.

Curation: Natural History Museum, London; British Museum, London; Woodspring Museum.

Burials: MNI: 4

Finds: Lithic artefacts.

Date: Neolithic (1)

14C: 4430 bp (BM-2839) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Ambers, J. & Bowman, S. (2003) Radiocarbon measurements from the British Museum: Datelist XXVI. Archaeometry 45: 531-540.

Davies, J.A. (1926) Notes on Upper Palaeolithic implements from some Mendip caves. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 2 (3): 261-273.

Oakley, K.P. (1958) The antiquity of the skulls reputed to be from Flint Jack's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 8 (2): 77-82.

Prowse, D.C. (1923) Field work. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 2 (1): 88-89.

Tratman, E.K. (1958) Flint Jack's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset: topography and history. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 8 (2): 76

Wells, L.H. (1958) Human remains from Flint Jack's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 8 (2): 83-88.

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