2nd July

Solo

After fiddling about with a few rocks and stone on the western spoil heap extension wall thought I had better get myself underground and get on with the main objective for the session.

Quickly along to the AUD/BTOT area to continue with the excavation of faunal remains. Once settled, began to carefully excavate around some visible bone fragments. Cave excavation of bones, whether human or faunal, can be frustrating at times due to the variation of preservation. As the morning progressed more fragments were recovered, mostly small <2cm2. However, a nicely preserved partial maxilla, brown bear, with canine tooth embedded was recovered.

Partial maxilla, right-side, with canine embedded (Ursus arctos). Image taken 2nd July 2025.

There were other faunal remains being uncovered too. I’ll need to adjust the excavation strategy in light of the changing circumstances. That will be another day as I had other things to do this afternoon so packed kit away and exited the cave.