Welcome to Exploring Objects. Here you can explore the rich collection of objects that have been unearthed from the Creswell Heritage Area. To find an object, type in the words that best describe what you are looking for and click ‘Search’
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A human skull
Skull of boy from Mother Grundy’s Parlour.
Iron Age, 2,000 years old
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Arrowheads
Neolithic flint weapon heads from Mother Grundy's Parlour. 4,700-3,700 years old.
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Artefact drawings
20th century drawings of Middle Palaeolithic quartzite artefacts found in A. L.Armstrong’s excavation in Mother Grundy’s Parlour
Paper archive
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Artefact drawings
20th century drawings of Upper Palaeolithic flint tools found by A.L. Armstrong in Mother Grundy’s Parlour
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Butchered horse teeth
Upper Palaeolithic food remains from Mother Grundy’s Parlour, 12,000 years old.
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Charred hazelnut shell
Mesolithic food remains, 9,000 years old. Nut shells from Marsh Benham, Berkshire. These are similar to nut shells found at Mother Grundy's Parlour, Creswell Crags.
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Core
Mesolithic chert waste from Mother Grundy's Parlour. 9,000-8,500 years old.
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Drawn pieces of bone
20th century drawings of marked bones from A. L. Armstrong’s excavation in Mother Grundy’s Parlour.
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Excavation Photograph
Photograph of A.L. Armstrong and G.A.Garfitt outside Mother Grundy's Parlour
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Hippopotamus teeth
Hippopotamus upper tooth rows from Mother Grundy's Parlour. Last Interglacial, 130,000-110,000 years old
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Mother Grundy’s Parlour plan
Plan of Mother Grundy's Parlour plan by A.L. Armstrong showing excavation areas.
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Narrow-nosed rhinoceros jaw
Lower jaw of a young narrow-nosed rhinoceros from Mother Grundy's Parlour. Last Interglacial, 130,000-110,000 years old.
Bone
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Points and scrapers
Upper Palaeolithic weapon tips and tools from Mother Grundy's Parlour, 12,000 - 11,000 years old. Made on flint.
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Section drawing
20th century drawing of sediments shown in section from A.L. Armstrong’s excavation in Mother Grundy’s Parlour
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Small blades and a scraper
Mesolithic flint tools from Mother Grundy's Parlour. 9,000-8,500 years old.
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Spotted hyaena droppings
Fossilised dung from Creswell Crags, Mother Grundy’s Parlour. Last Ice Age, 40,000 - 22,000 years old.
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Weapon fragment embedded in piece of animal rib
Mesolithic weapon tip broken off in bone of wounded animal from Mother Grundy’s Parlour. 9,000 years old.
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