Heaning Wood Bone Cave is a cave of archaeological importance in Great Urswick, Cumbria, England.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The cave was first excavated by Holland in 1958, when he found Bronze Age pottery, human and animal bones, and a stone-flake knife of Langdale stone.[8]
In January 2023 it was reported that human bone and a periwinkle shell bead, found in the cave by local archaeologist Martin Stables, had been dated to 11,000 years ago, making it one of the earliest identified locations for human presence in the north of England.[2] At least eight individuals had been buried in the cave, from the early Bronze Age (4,000 years ago), the early Neolithic period (6,000 years ago) and the early Mesolithic period (11,000 years ago).[5]
References
edit- ^ Shield, Darren (24 January 2023). "Martin Stables of Ulverston finds early human remains in Great Urswick". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Cumbria cave remains belong to 'oldest northerner'". BBC News. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Heaning Wood Bone Cave". northerncaves.co.uk. Northern Caves. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Chamberlain, Andrew T. "Heaning Wood Bone Cave". Gazetteer of caves, fissures and rock shelters in north west England, containing human remains. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ a b Waters, Connie (25 January 2023). "11,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found At Heaning Wood Bone Cave In Britain". Ancient Pages. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Bowland prehistoric landscapes project (17 August 2018). "Heaning Wood Bone Cave". shelteringmemory. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Warburton, Keziah (3 February 2018). "Osteoarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of Neolithic and Bronze Age human skeletal remains from Heaning Wood Bone Cave, Great Urswick, Cumbria (abstract)". UCLAN 2017: Neolithic And Early Bronze Age Research Student Symposium. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Barnes, F. (1970). "Prehistoric pottery from Furness" (PDF). Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. 70: 1–8. doi:10.5284/1062160. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
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