Until the next season! Done & dusted!
We have lots to wet sieve, wash, dry bones… lots of analyses to do, to add pieces of the unknown jigsaw and continue to tell the stories of all animals and the cave system as we go!
Main funders @ria.ie 2/2
#CastlepookCaveProject 🏺
We have lots to wet sieve, wash, dry bones… lots of analyses to do, to add pieces of the unknown jigsaw and continue to tell the stories of all animals and the cave system as we go!
Main funders @ria.ie 2/2
#CastlepookCaveProject 🏺
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Until the next season! Done & dusted!
We have lots to wet sieve, wash, dry bones… lots of analyses to do, to add pieces of the unknown jigsaw and continue to tell the stories of all animals and the cave system as we go!
Main funders @ria.ie 2/2
#CastlepookCaveProject 🏺
We have lots to wet sieve, wash, dry bones… lots of analyses to do, to add pieces of the unknown jigsaw and continue to tell the stories of all animals and the cave system as we go!
Main funders @ria.ie 2/2
#CastlepookCaveProject 🏺
Processed a few more photos from our excavation at Castlepook cave last July. Been so busy haven’t had time, so many excavated bones and prob close to 100 bulk bags of cave sediment from diff contexts to wet sieve! We were busy!!! #CastlepookCaveProject 🏺
Main funders @ria.ie 1/2
Main funders @ria.ie 1/2
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Processed a few more photos from our excavation at Castlepook cave last July. Been so busy haven’t had time, so many excavated bones and prob close to 100 bulk bags of cave sediment from diff contexts to wet sieve! We were busy!!! #CastlepookCaveProject 🏺
Main funders @ria.ie 1/2
Main funders @ria.ie 1/2
Emma Hawkes, one of our wonderful cave archaeologists, holding a partial reindeer bone standing in Hyena Hall, Castlepook cave, Co. Cork.
We were funded by @ria.ie & supported with funding by @researchireland.ie & Cork County Council. Working with CSG.
#CastlepookCaveProject
#IrishArchaeology 🏺
We were funded by @ria.ie & supported with funding by @researchireland.ie & Cork County Council. Working with CSG.
#CastlepookCaveProject
#IrishArchaeology 🏺
July 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Emma Hawkes, one of our wonderful cave archaeologists, holding a partial reindeer bone standing in Hyena Hall, Castlepook cave, Co. Cork.
We were funded by @ria.ie & supported with funding by @researchireland.ie & Cork County Council. Working with CSG.
#CastlepookCaveProject
#IrishArchaeology 🏺
We were funded by @ria.ie & supported with funding by @researchireland.ie & Cork County Council. Working with CSG.
#CastlepookCaveProject
#IrishArchaeology 🏺
4/END
So now we wait until sometime in December for all the dating results and these will feed into another paper to write. Exciting !
#CastlepookCaveProject #cavearchaeology #IrishArchaeology #zooarchaeology #IrishPalaeolithic #research
So now we wait until sometime in December for all the dating results and these will feed into another paper to write. Exciting !
#CastlepookCaveProject #cavearchaeology #IrishArchaeology #zooarchaeology #IrishPalaeolithic #research
July 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
4/END
So now we wait until sometime in December for all the dating results and these will feed into another paper to write. Exciting !
#CastlepookCaveProject #cavearchaeology #IrishArchaeology #zooarchaeology #IrishPalaeolithic #research
So now we wait until sometime in December for all the dating results and these will feed into another paper to write. Exciting !
#CastlepookCaveProject #cavearchaeology #IrishArchaeology #zooarchaeology #IrishPalaeolithic #research
Day 5
#CastlepookCaveProject excavation 2025
A very warm afternoon (26Cel in the shade now). Cooler in the cave.
A great first week and more bones coming out of the cave from various areas. Week 2 should be great!
Post-ex will be fun with me!
@ria.ie
@researchireland.ie
#CaveArchaeology 🏺
#CastlepookCaveProject excavation 2025
A very warm afternoon (26Cel in the shade now). Cooler in the cave.
A great first week and more bones coming out of the cave from various areas. Week 2 should be great!
Post-ex will be fun with me!
@ria.ie
@researchireland.ie
#CaveArchaeology 🏺
July 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Day 5
#CastlepookCaveProject excavation 2025
A very warm afternoon (26Cel in the shade now). Cooler in the cave.
A great first week and more bones coming out of the cave from various areas. Week 2 should be great!
Post-ex will be fun with me!
@ria.ie
@researchireland.ie
#CaveArchaeology 🏺
#CastlepookCaveProject excavation 2025
A very warm afternoon (26Cel in the shade now). Cooler in the cave.
A great first week and more bones coming out of the cave from various areas. Week 2 should be great!
Post-ex will be fun with me!
@ria.ie
@researchireland.ie
#CaveArchaeology 🏺
Day 3 … bones coming out today including brown bear and below, a reindeer distal humerus (front leg).
Sun blazing from the blue sky!
#Castlepookcaveproject
#PALAEOIreland
#CSG #cavearchaeology
#IrishCaveBones #IrishArchaeology
🏺
@ria.ie @researchireland.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social
Sun blazing from the blue sky!
#Castlepookcaveproject
#PALAEOIreland
#CSG #cavearchaeology
#IrishCaveBones #IrishArchaeology
🏺
@ria.ie @researchireland.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Day 3 … bones coming out today including brown bear and below, a reindeer distal humerus (front leg).
Sun blazing from the blue sky!
#Castlepookcaveproject
#PALAEOIreland
#CSG #cavearchaeology
#IrishCaveBones #IrishArchaeology
🏺
@ria.ie @researchireland.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social
Sun blazing from the blue sky!
#Castlepookcaveproject
#PALAEOIreland
#CSG #cavearchaeology
#IrishCaveBones #IrishArchaeology
🏺
@ria.ie @researchireland.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social