| RefNo | MS/222/75 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Seventy-first report of progress of excavations by William Pengelly and Edward Vivian, Torquay, to the British Association Kent's Cavern Committee |
| Creator | Pengelly; William (1812-1894); geologist |
| Vivian; Edward (1808–1893); science writer; poet |
| Date | 9 December 1871 |
| Description | Monthly report of the superintendents of excavation. They are still occupied with work in the Wolf's Den, and there has still been no further trace of the machairodus since MacEnery had found the five canines previously. However, this in itself is worth remarking upon, as it is thought that as they are digger deeper than MacEnery, it could be that the 'machairodus belonged' to the 'Cave-Earth fauna, and not to that of the older "Breccia" beneath the crystalline floor'. In November, they exhumed the following from the 'unbroken' cave-earth floor: teeth of hyena, horse, rhinoceros, deer, bear, ox, megaceros, reindeer, lion, and elephant; bones; bone fragments; two small [bone] cores; and a portion of an elephant tusk. The teeth of ursus spelaeus is a particularly fine specimen. They also found three flint imlpements. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2162 | Pengelly; William (1812 - 1894); geologist | 1812 - 1894 |