Chamberlain, A. T., Sellers, W., Murphy, P. and Goddard, A. (1997). The archaeology of Rawthey Cave, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Archaeol North 14. Vol 14, pp. 11-20.

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Title:		 The archaeology of Rawthey Cave, Sedbergh, Cumbria
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Issue:		 Archaeol North 14
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Series:		 Archaeology North
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Volume:		 14
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Page Start/End:		 11 - 20
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Publication Type:		 Journal
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Abstract:		 Investigation of a cave previously sealed by a permanently flooded passage, in which cavers had found human remains as well as canid and cervid bones; on the mud floor of one chamber were human footprints. Part of a human skull was radiocarbon dated to 3167 ± 55 years b.p. calibrated to between 1520 and 1395 BC or the Middle Bronze Age. Archaeological investigation consisted of recording and sampling of the contents of the cave. The human remains comprised at least three individuals, probably deposited intact. Two distinct unshod footprints, apparently belonging to children, were found plus a number of other depressions; dating of an animal bone pressed into the mud of the footprint surface gave a terminus ante quem date of the fourteenth century AD. Further radiocarbon dating showed that one skull dated to the Roman period. The animal bone comprised a variety of wild fauna including cervids and wolves, plus domestic species. There was no evidence concerning the process of emplacement of the human remains in the cave system.
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Author:		 Andrew T Chamberlain ORCID icon
William Sellers
Phil Murphy
Andrew Goddard
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Other Person/Org:		 Damaris D Dodds (Abstract author)
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Year of Publication:		 1997
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Cervid Bones (Auto Detected Subject)
Floor (Auto Detected Subject)
1395 Bc (Auto Detected Temporal)
Animal Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
Radiocarbon Dating (Auto Detected Subject)
Radiocarbon Dated (Auto Detected Subject)
1520 (Auto Detected Temporal)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
Canid (Auto Detected Subject)
Human Skull (Auto Detected Subject)
Skull (Auto Detected Subject)
Cave System (Auto Detected Subject)
Fourteenth Century Ad Further (Auto Detected Temporal)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
Human Remains (Auto Detected Subject)
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Note:		 [OS SD 718 973]
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Created Date:		 18 Mar 2005