Rawthey Cave
Bones
Red deer, roe deer, wolf, cattle, sheep, domestic pig, dog, human.
Position in Cave
On the floor of the Wolf Den.
Identification
A. Chamberlain, University of Sheffield.
Location of Finds
in situ.
Additional Notes
Radiocarbon dates on roe deer bones give a late Medieval date. A piece of human skull was radiocarbon dated to 3167 ± 55 bp (AA22519), corresponding to a calibrated date of between 1500 and 1400 BC. Another human skull fragment was subsequently radiocarbon dated to 1865 ± 40 bp (OxA-7450) which placed that particular find firmly in the Romano-British period.
References
Goddard, A. (1998) Into the Wolf Den. Descent. 142: 20-23.
Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1998) Radiocarbon dates from the oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 26. Archaeometry 40: 437-455.
Monico, P. (1997a) Divers find Bronze Age remains. Descent 137: 10.
Monico, P. (1997b) Update on Bronze Age finds. Descent 138: 12.
Murphy, P.J. (2008) The Wolf Den 10 years on. Descent 203: 32-33.
Murphy, P.J. (2009) The Wolf Den 10 years on. Yorkshire Archaeological Society Prehistory Section Bulletin 46: 64-66.
Richards, J.D. (1999) The Wolf Den. in Richards, J.D. (ed). Meet The Ancestors. Unearthing the evidence that brings us face to face with the past. BBC Worldwide Ltd. 108-29.
Article Author Graham Mullan