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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Amber
Amber pebble imported to Creswell Crags possibly during the Palaeolithic to Creswell Crags ?Robin Hood Cave. Fossilised tree resin
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Bison leg bone
Lower front leg bone of a bison from Robin Hood Cave.
Last Ice Age (Middle Devensian).
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Burnt bone
Bone fragments blackened by burning from Robin Hood Cave. Age uncertain
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Cheddar point
Upper Palaeolithic tool from Robin Hood Cave. 12,500 years old. Made of flint
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Chopping tool
Middle Palaeolithic tool from Robin Hood Cave. 60,000 - 40,000 years old. Made on quartzite cobble
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Core
Waste product from blade making from Robin Hood Cave. Upper Palaeolithic about 12,500 years old.
Made of flint.
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Core
Waste product left over from making flakes and blades from Robin Hood Cave. Upper Palaeolithic 12,500 - 11,000 years old. Made on flint
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Core
Flint waste left over from making blades from Creswell Crags, possibly Robin Hood Cave. Late Upper Palaeolithic.
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Creswell point
Flint point from Robin Hood Cave. Upper Palaeolithic tool, 12,500 years old.
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Creswellian tools
Upper Palaeolithic tools from Robin Hood Cave, 12,600 - 12,300 years old. Made on flint blades.
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Cut marked hare bone
Late Upper Palaeolithic food remains from Robin Hood Cave, 12,300 years old.
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Excavation finds
Photograph of objects excavated from Pin Hole and Robin Hood Cave in 1875.
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Excavation photograph
Photograph of west entrance taken during 1876 excavation at Robin Hood Cave
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Flake knives
Quartzite flakes from Robin Hood Cave. Middle Palaeolithic tools, 60,000-40,000 years old.
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Flake knives
Flake knives made on quartzite flakes from Robin Hood Cave. Middle Palaeolithic tools, 60,000 - 40,000 years old.
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Flaked cobbles
Flaked cobbles made on quartzite from Robin Hood Cave. Middle Palaeolithic artefacts, 60,000 - 40,000 years old.
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Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic tool from Robin Hood Cave, 60,000 - 40,000 years old. Made of clay-ironstone
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Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic flint tool from Robin Hood Cave. 60,000 - 40,000 years old.
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Horse engraving
Horse engraved on rib bone from Robin Hood Cave.
Upper Palaeolithic art object, 12,500 years old.
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Human skull fragment
Bone from Robin Hood Cave. Neolithic, 5,000 years old.
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Leaf-shaped point
Middle/Upper Palaeolithic weapon tip from Robin Hood Cave. 40,000 - 30,000 years old. Made of flint.
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Leaf-shaped point
Middle/Upper Palaeolithic weapon tip from Robin Hood Cave, 40,000-30,000 years old. Made of flint
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Leaf-shaped point (broken)
Middle/Upper Palaeolithic spear tip from Robin Hood Cave. 40,000 - 30,000 years old. Made of flint
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Lion tooth
Canine from Robin Hood Cave. Last Ice Age (Middle Devensian).
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Pika jaw
Jaw bone from Robin Hood Cave. Last Ice Age
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Robin Hood Cave drawings
Fieldwork drawings by J.M.Mello and W.B.Dawkins at Robin Hood Cave in 1876 in the western chamber.
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Robin Hood Cave drawings
Fieldwork drawings of sediments in Robin Hood Cave by J.M.Mello and W.B.Dawkins in 1876.
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Scimitar cat tooth
Possible Upper Palaeolithic pendant from Robin Hood Cave. Age uncertain.
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Side scraper
Middle Palaeolithic tool from Robin Hood Cave. 60,000 - 40,000 years old. Made on a flint flake.
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Spotted hyaena jaws
Jaw bones from Church Hole and Robin Hood Cave.
Last Ice Age, 40,000 - 22,000 years old.
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