Brown Bear Skull
This adult female brown bear (Ursus arctos) was one of the first top predators to arrive in the Yorkshire Dales 14,600 years ago just after the end of the last Ice Age, shortly followed by humans.
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Aug 8 2016 - 7:00 PM
Site Diary: Extreme Archaeology In The Yorkshire Dales
“It’s too steep for a quadbike,” the farmer said, as we looked up at Ben Scar Cave, knowing just how much archaeology kit we were going to need in order to carry out a…
Aug 3 2016 - 10:00 AM
Site Diary: Was There A Romano-British Cave Cult In Yorkshire?
During the 19th and 20th centuries, archaeologists made a series of remarkable discoveries deep inside one of Yorkshire’s most famous caves. Among them was a stash of Romano-British artefacts, whose deposition has intrigued archaeologists…
Jul 20 2016 - 12:00 PM
Site Diary: Cave Archaeology Jargon Buster
Cave archaeologists have their own unique set of jargon words. Our hand-picked selection is so good that even if it doesn’t set you on the path to enlightenment, it will at the very least…
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