| Title: |
Last Neanderthals, First Humans
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| Subtitle: |
Excavations at Ffynnon Beuno Cave 2011 |
| Issue: |
Archaeology in Wales |
| Series: |
Archaeology in Wales
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| Volume: |
51
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| Page Start/End: |
23 - 26 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
In August 2011 a team of volunteers undertook the first excavation on the site since the 1880s the first objective was to record the topography of the cave's immediate surroundings, including what was clearly a large spoil-heap outside its entrance. The second was to determine the depth of the spoil-heap soil and what could be retrieved from it. The excavation suggested that the spoil from the cave was of a significant depth and covered a large area. A significant assemblage was recovered including Palaeolithic debitage and Aurignacian burin spalls. Holocene lithic material indicating post-Palaeolithic occupation of the cave included a 'Deepcarr-type' early Mesolithic assemblage dating to around 9400-9000BP, late Mesolithic scalene triangle with two sides retouched. A single piece of pottery of probable Bronze Age date was also recovered. Large quantities of animal bone were recovered from the spoil heap including woolly rhino, horse, reindeer, hyaena and a bovid (possibly bison), all characteristic of the cold period 65-10,000 years ago and therefore broadly contemporary with the archaeological assemblage. Au/SH |
| Year of Publication: |
2012
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 94009000bp Late Mesolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Palaeolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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SHERD
(Object England)
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| Early Mesolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Debitage (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Animal Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Holocene (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(biab_online)
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| Created Date: |
19 Feb 2015 |
