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Crystal Thielkien
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« on: December 16, 2010, 01:48:44 am »

Medieval Mystery From The UK
By Stephen 13/12/2010 04:02:00


This carved stone has led to a medieval mystery at one of Europe's most important Ice Age sites Copyright: Creswell Crags

Archaeologists working through the Victorian spoil heaps at Creswell Crags in 2006 uncovered a stone with a familiar carved geometric pattern, it opened yet another aspect of the ever-developing story of the important prehistoric caves.

Creswell Crags located in Worsop, UK,  represents one site among a significant cluster of cave sites inhabited during the last Ice Age in Britain.  Archaeological and environmental evidence excavated from the caves show how the area witnessed dramatic changes in climate at the edge of the northern ice sheets and was populated by Ice Age animals such as hyenas, mammoths, woolly rhinoceros, and migrating herds of reindeer, horse and bison.

Archaeology investigations at the caves have uncovered stone, bone and ivory tools which date occupation to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic era.  In, addition archaeology have discovered 13000 year old engraved rock art figures of deer, birds, bison, and horse.

What makes this recent discovery at the caves so important is the piece of rock art discovered dates from the medieval period.

Experts from Sheffield University have identified the piece as an medieval example of the strategy board game Nine Men’s Morris, which had been popular since Roman times.

Each player has nine pieces, or "men", which move along the board's twenty-four spots. The object of the game is to leave the opposing player with fewer than three pieces or, as in draughts, with no legal moves left.
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 01:51:15 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM10lOoEt1c&feature=player_embedded

This discovery provided a glimpse into medieval activity at the Crags. But it also opened up a medieval mystery; how did the game get there and who had made it?

A new exhibition in the special exhibitions gallery at the caves looks at the people who might have owned and played game.

This is not the only medieval find at the cave. Other items that have been uncovered include coins and bottles.  These items were discovered in conjunction to the stone carved game and are believe to be contemporary.   This has lead experts to suggest the caves may have been used as an illegal drinking and gambling den by the monks who lived at nearby Welbeck Abbey.

Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire was the principal abbey of the Norbertinesorder in England until 1538.  The abbey was then purchased and became the principal residence of the Dukes of Portland.

http://www.archnews.co.uk/world-archaeology/uk-archaeology/4265-medieval-mystery-from-the-uk.html
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2010, 10:58:07 am »

Medieval Mystery From The UK
By Stephen 13/12/2010 04:02:00


This carved stone has led to a medieval mystery at one of Europe's most important Ice Age sites Copyright: Creswell Crags

Archaeologists working through the Victorian spoil heaps at Creswell Crags in 2006 uncovered a stone with a familiar carved geometric pattern, it opened yet another aspect of the ever-developing story of the important prehistoric caves.

Creswell Crags located in Worsop, UK,  represents one site among a significant cluster of cave sites inhabited during the last Ice Age in Britain.  Archaeological and environmental evidence excavated from the caves show how the area witnessed dramatic changes in climate at the edge of the northern ice sheets and was populated by Ice Age animals such as hyenas, mammoths, woolly rhinoceros, and migrating herds of reindeer, horse and bison.

Archaeology investigations at the caves have uncovered stone, bone and ivory tools which date occupation to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic era.  In, addition archaeology have discovered 13000 year old engraved rock art figures of deer, birds, bison, and horse.

What makes this recent discovery at the caves so important is the piece of rock art discovered dates from the medieval period.

Experts from Sheffield University have identified the piece as an medieval example of the strategy board game Nine Men’s Morris, which had been popular since Roman times.

Each player has nine pieces, or "men", which move along the board's twenty-four spots. The object of the game is to leave the opposing player with fewer than three pieces or, as in draughts, with no legal moves left.




Hi Crystal,

How about a whole new game? based on the ancient world.

Keith,
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« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2010, 07:11:12 pm »

Wow, that's really interesting, Keith.  I was thinking maybe mine isn't a game at all, but a depiction of a map or maze?
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