| Description | Monthly report of the superintendents of excavation. They are still occupied with work in the Wolf's Den. They are reviewing MacEnery's previous work and extending the width and depth of previous excavation - it is noted that MacEnery must have laboured with 'considerable difficulty' as the current workmen barely have room to stand upright. Excluding the specimens found in MacEnery's previously worked material, they found: teeth of hyena, horse, rhinoceros, bear, elephant, deer, wolf, ox, megaceros, lion, and rabbit; antlers; bones; and fragments of bones. Many of the teeth are in portions of jaws, and there is special mention of a 'left lower jaw of rhinoceros with a small part of the right jaw attached to it', which has four molars and is considered 'the finest specimen of the kind we have met with'. One of the bear teeth measures 1.7 inches in width.
During September, they found three good lanceolate stone implements and one flake, which is described thus: 'No. 5563, a white flint, 2.8 inches long, .85 inches broad, and .2 inches thick', having a strong longitudinal ridge on one surface and slightly concave on the other, reduced to an edge on both margins; 'No. 5571, a pale grey flint, 3.7 inches long, .65 inches broad, .1 inch in thickness, a long narrow oval in form, has an edge all round its perimeter'; and 'No. 5602' an implement 3.0 inches long, 1.1 inch broad, and .4 inches thick, concave on one face. All three implements were found amongst animal remains as listed above. Specimen No. 5592, a flake, is also mentioned and described too. |