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Age BP | OxA-7386 (5000 ±40) | |
Site | 3H Miscellaneous -- human bones ( / Great Britain and Ireland / Great Britain and Ireland ) | |
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Latitude | 51.8784 | |
Longitude | -5.2920 | |
Contact | R M Jacobi | |
Period | Early Neolithic | |
References | Archaeometry, 40, 1998, 438; Q J Geol Soc, 33(3), 579-88 | |
Comments | CL Museum specimen from Creswell Crags Visitor Centre Bone, id as partial human frontal, from square D3, layer OB, of excavation in front of the western entrance to Robin Hood Cave, Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, England. Subm R M Jacobi. Comment (subm): frontal bone is clearly Early Neolithic and confirms presence of post-Pleistocene material in these external screes. Mello had previously recorded human bones from outside this entrance, and from that spoil Campbell recovered material representing at least two individuals. A lumbar vertebra from same source has date of 4870 120 (OxA-1807). Original depositional context of all these human bones is unknown. | |
