Revisiting Alice and Gwendoline Cave, Co. Clare: new light on the 1902 excavations

Marion A. Dowd, J. Bonsall, T. Kahlert, Rory Connolly, C. Stimpson
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Abstract:Alice and Gwendoline Cave, Co. Clare, has produced the first evidence for human occupation on the island of Ireland during the Palaeolithic. A butchered brown bear patella discovered in the cave during excavations by the Committee Appointed to Explore Irish Caves in 1902 was recently dated by AMS to the Late Upper Palaeolithic (LUP) period. As part of current investigations into the cave, this paper presents hitherto unpublished data on the archaeological and palaeontological context of the antiquarian discoveries based on detailed analysis of an unpublished notebook related to the 1902 excavation. A GIS reconstruction of the original antiquarian grid system has facilitated a visualisation of the spatial distribution of artefacts, human bones and faunal remains found at the cave. This provides a more nuanced understanding of human activities at this multi-period site and highlights the role of natural formation processes at the cave, particularly with regard to the bones of extinct fauna. Preliminary results of a recent excavation inform our interpretation of the antiquarian data. The information extracted from the unpublished notebook provides an essential foundation for any future investigations of the site or any re-evaluation of material recovered there in 1902.
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摘要:Alice and Gwendoline Cave, Co. Clare提供了人类在旧石器时代居住在爱尔兰岛的第一个证据。在1902年爱尔兰洞穴探险委员会的挖掘过程中,在洞穴中发现了一个被屠宰的棕熊髌骨,最近AMS将其确定为晚期旧石器时代(LUP)时期。作为目前对洞穴调查的一部分,本文介绍了迄今为止未发表的关于考古和古生物学背景的数据,这些数据是基于对一本未发表的与1902年挖掘有关的笔记本的详细分析。原始古物网格系统的GIS重建促进了在洞穴中发现的人工制品、人骨和动物遗骸的空间分布的可视化。这提供了对这个多时期遗址的人类活动的更细致的理解,并突出了洞穴自然形成过程的作用,特别是关于灭绝动物的骨头。最近一次发掘的初步结果为我们对古物资料的解释提供了信息。从未出版的笔记本中提取的信息为今后对该地点的任何调查或对1902年在那里发现的材料的任何重新评估提供了重要的基础。
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