The discovery of Mesolithic Red Deer at Skipsea Withow

• Published in: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal
• Main Authors: Cadman, Sheila, Knight, Becky, Elliott, Benjamin Joseph, Schadla-Hall, Tim, Robson, Harry Kenneth, Milner, Nicola
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Carr; Alces alces
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/131429/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/131429/1/Archive_version_2018.05.21_Milner_et_al_Skipsea_Withow.docx; https://doi.org/10.1080/00844276.2018.1481675

Skipsea Withow is well known for producing a barbed point and faunal remains, thought to date to the Early Mesolithic period, over a century ago. More recently bones were recovered from the eroding cliff face and have been analysed. Although it was considered that they might be elk (Alces alces) due...