TRACES OK MAN FOENJ) IN THE ROBIN-HOOD CAVE. 



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numerous flint flakes and fragments of charcoal in the breccia 

 prove that then Man was the normal inhabitant of the cave, while 

 the broken bones prove that he fed for the most part on hares. 



7. Remains from Surface-soil. 



The remains from the surface-soil belong- to domestic animals, 

 such as the Short-horned Ox (Bos longifrons), Goat, Hog, and Dog, 

 or to Hares and Rabbits. A fragment of Samian ware and pieces of 

 rude black pottery prove that the cave was visited after the Eoman 

 conquest, and sherds of a glazed jar that it was also visited in the 

 middle ages. 



8. Distribution of Species in the Cave. 



The accompanying list of species shows the vertical distribution of 

 the animals in the cave, and enables us to form a rough idea of the 

 mammalian fauna of the district. It will be seen that during the 

 accumulation of the lower and middle strata the Horse was more 

 often the prey of the Hycena than any of the other animals, and 

 next to it the woolly llhinoceros, just as in the Hytena-den of 

 Wookey Hole, while the Bison, so enormously abundant in the 

 deposit at Windy Knoll (Derbyshire), is comparatively rare. It 

 was, however, more abundant in the lower stratum in the cave than 

 in the cave-earth, the numbers of specimens in each being as thirty 

 to six. 



Lower red 

 sand and clay. 



Middle cave- 

 earth. 



Upper 



Breccia. 



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O ?~ 3 



H. 



Man (Homo) 



Lion (var. Fells spelcsa). 

 Spotted Hyaena (var. 



spelad) 



Fox ( Canis vulpes) 



Wolf ( Can is lup us) .... 

 Grizzly Bear ? ( Ursus ferox) 

 Brown Bear ( Ursus arctos) . 

 Irish Elk ( Cervus megaceros) 

 Reindeer (Cervus tarandus) 

 Bison (var. Bison priscus).. 



Horse (Equus cabaUus) 



Woolly Rhieoceros (B. ticho 



rhinus) 



Mammoth (Elephas primi- 



genius) 



Wild Boar (Sus scrofaferus) 

 Hare [Lepus timidus) 

 Arvicola amphibia .... 



17. Dog (Canis familiaris) 



18. Goat (Capra hircus) ... 



19. Celtic Shorthorn (Bos 



frons) 



20. Hog (Sus scrofa domesticus) 





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