The Manchester Museum Cave Fossil collection

The Manchester Museum has a large collection of over 13,000 cave fossil specimens. The fossils are primarily from Creswell Crags and Windy Knoll in Derbyshire. William Boyd Dawkins collected most of the early specimens, with major additions by A. L. Armstrong and J. W. Kitching. A range of European and international sites are represented in the collection. The Type and Figured cave fossils are available on-line here.

We are currently looking to develop our Pleistocene mammal collection so that it better meets the needs of researchers. We have a small amount of room to expand the collection and would like to link in with more research programs. Please contact me if you would like to see the collection or discuss research. David Gelsthorpe, Curator of Palaeontology. Tel: (0161) 3061601. E-mail here.

 

Cave archaeology resources

The Cave Archaeology and Palaeontology Research Archive (CAPRA). Homepage.

Working underground: Keeping safe, staying legal. Document drawn up by Dr Dave Merchant of UVSAR, to summarise key Health and Safety legislation of importance to cave archaeology projects. A PDF with clickable links can be downloaded from here.

 

Cave Biology resources

The BCRA Cave Biology Homepage.

Cavelife Homepage.

 

Cave Conservation

Northern cave monitoring Homepage.

 

Karst Geomorphology

British Geological Survey (BGS) Homepage.

National Karst Database Homepage.

Mendips Karst on the BGS website Homepage.

 

Societies

William Pengelly Caves Studies Trust Homepage.

British Cave Research Association (BCRA) Homepage.

University of Bristol Spelaeological Society Homepage.

 

University departments:

Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology Research Group at The University of Manchester. Homepage

Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, Liverpool John Moores University. Homepage

 

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