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STUDIES IN SPELEOLOGY

The Pengelly Trust publishes an annual journal - "Studies in Speleology", which is free to members. To obtain copies of any of the journals please email the Trust Secretary.

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Volume 1, Number 1, 1964 (for 1963)

  • 1. Cranbrook, The Earl of - Forward
  • 2. Editorial

Main Articles

  • 3-8. Davies, Miss Wendy - William Pengelly, F.R.S., 1812-1894.
  • 9-15. Hooper, John H. D - Bats and the Amateur Naturalist.
  • 16-21. Black, Dr George P - The Conservation of Caves in Britain.
  • 22-25. Leakey, Dr Louis S. B - Gamble's Cave Kenya.
  • 26-32. Harrison, Tom - Borneo Caves.
  • 33-37. Medway, Lord - Post Pleistocene Changes in the mammalian fauna of Borneo.
  • 38-41. Richards, Dr Aloa M - The New Zealand Glow Worm.
  • 42-43. Wheatley, Alan - Cave Studies as an introduction to Field Studies for Secondary School Children.
  • 44-50. Rosenfeld, Dr Andree - The study and interpretation of archaeological deposits in caves.
  • 51-66. Glover, Dr P. E and Trump, E. C and Wateridge, L. E. D - The Lava Caves of Mount Suswa, Kenya.
  • 67-72. Curl, Dr Rane L. - Cave Research Centres in the United States.

Short Notices

  • 73-74. The Cave Exploration Group of East Africa by J. Simons.

Reviews

  • 8. Cave Notes and Cave Studies - Reviewed by A. P. Harvey.
  • 21. Helicite - Reviewed by R. E. R. Bank.

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Volume 1, Number 2-3, 1965 (for 1964-5)

Main Articles

  • 75-81. Kowalski, K - Cave Studies in China Today.
  • 82-88. Schmidt, Victor A - Problems of Cave Conservation in the USA.
  • 89-95. Franke, H. W - The Theory behind Stalagmite Shapes.
  • 96-99. Mason-Williams, Ann - The Growth of Fungi in Caves in Great Briatain.
  • 100-104. Watson, Andrew - Observing the Natural Behaviour of Bats in Flight.
  • 106-124. Sutcliffe, Anthony J - Planning England's Fist Cave Studies Centre.
  • 125-134. Rennie, M. A - The Presentation of a Cave Survey.
  • 135-142. Brothwell, Don - On the Accidental Discovery of Human Remains in Caves and Rock-Shelters.
  • 143-147. Deraniyagala, P. E. P - Some Present Day Problems of Cave Research in Ceylon.
  • 149-152. Riley, N. D - Caves and the County Naturalists' Trusts.

Reviews

  • 81. Malayan Nature Journal - Reviewed by J. A. Reid.
  • 105. Spelunca, Memoires; Spelunca, Bulletin - Reviewed by Andree Rosenfeld.
  • 148. Coleman, J. C. The Caves of Ireland - Reveiewed by John Hooper.

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Volume 1, Number 4, 1966

Main Articles

  • 153-162. Vinnicombe, Miss Patricia - The Early Recording and Preservation of Rock Paintings in South Africa.
  • 163-167. Drew, David P - A Review of Cave Diving Techniques and Apparatus in Britain.
  • 168-173. Stebbings, R. E - Bats under Stress.
  • 174-180. Lundelius, Dr. Ernest L. Jr - Marsupial Carnivore Dens in Australian Caves.
  • 181-185. Vandel, Proffesor Albert - The Cave Salamander, Proteus, and its Development.
  • 186-192. Droppa, Dr. Anton - The Correlation of some Horizontal Caves with River Terraces.
  • 193-203. Dalby, Dr. D. H - The Growth of Plants under Reduced Light.
  • 204-227. Bristow, Colin - A New Graphical Resistivity Technique for Detecting Air-Filled Cavities.
  • 228-232. Harrisson, Tom - William Pengelly, 1864 and the Niah Caves, 1965.

Reviews

  • 192. Annales de Speleologie - Reviewed by Keith Harris.

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Volume 1, Number 5, 1967

Main Articles

  • 233-236. Hill, Christopher - The Pengelly Centre Museum.
  • 237-253. Boylan, Patrick J - Dean William Buckland, 1784-1856.
  • 254-261. Wycherley, Dr Paul - The Batu Caves (Malaysia) Protection Association.
  • 262-274. Greenwood, Dr Humphry P - Blind Cave Fishes.
  • 275-284. St Pierre, Mrs Shirley - Cave Studies in Nordland, Norway.
  • 285-294. Mansfield, Ray - A Survey of British Caving Periodicals.

Reviews

  • 294. Peshchery (Caves) - Reviewed by Helene Sabo.
  • 295. Vertebrata PalAsiatica - Reviewed by T.M.
  • Catalogue of Fossil Hominids. Part 1: Africa - Reviewed by T.M.

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Volume 2, Number 1, 1969 (for 1968)

Main Articles

  • 1-11. Middleton, G. J - A Case for the Conservation of the Colong Caves Reserve, New South Wales, Australia.
  • 13-24. Kurten, B - Cave Bears.
  • 25-34. Cooke, H. B. S - Preservation of the Sterkfontein Ape-Man Cave Site, South Africa.
  • 35-44. Lefevre, M & Laporte, G. S - The 'Maladie Verte' of Lascaux.
  • 45-52. Maxwell, W. G. R - A Building Plan for the Pengelly Cave Studies Centre.

Reviews

  • 11-12. Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleologia - Reviewed by N. Kenealy.
  • 12. The Sarawak Museum Journal - Reviewed by J. E. Hill.
  • 52. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society - Reviewed by Pipistrellus.

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Volume 2, Number 2, 1970 (for 1969)

Main Articles

  • 53-59. Halliday, W. R & Anderson, C. H - Glacier Caves, a New Field of Speleology.
  • 61-68. Mutere, F. A - Bat Studies in Uganda.
  • 69-78. Cooke, H. J - The Cave systems of the Tanga Limestone in North-East Tanzania and the Influence of former Sea-Levels on their Formation.
  • 79-80. Sutcliffe, A. J - A Section of an imaginary Bone-Cave.
  • 81-92. Smith, P. M & Watson, R. A - The Development of the Cave Research Foundation.

Reviews

  • 59-60. Espeleologia - Reviewed by B. E. R. Banks.
  • 60. Slovensky Kras and Ceskoslovensky Kras - Reviewed by O. Fejfar.

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Volume 2, Parts 3-4, 1971 (for 1970-71)

Main Articles

  • 93-102. Halstead, L. B & Nicoll, P. G - Fossilized Caves of Mendip.
  • 103-108. Stebbings, R. E - Bat Protection and the Establishment of a New Cave Reserve in the Netherlands.
  • 109-128. Shaw, T. R - John Hutton, 1740?-1806. His "Tour to the Caves..." and his Place in the History of Speleology.
  • 129-148. Wells, A. W - Cave Calcite.
  • 149-158. McFarlane, J. A - The Carnivorous Beetles of the Ithundu Caves, Kenya.

Reviews

  • 158. Stalactite - Reviewed by Joyce Pope.
  • 158-159. Livre du Centennaire Emile G. Racovitza - Reviewed by P. F. S Cornelius.

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Volume 2, Part 5, 1972

Main Articles

  • 161-175. Guest, J. E - Caves on the Moon?
  • 176-190. Burleigh, R - Carbon 14 Dating with applications to dating of remains from caves.
  • 191-207. Broughton, P. L - Secondary Mineralization in the Cavern Environment.

Reviews

  • 175. Studies on the cavernicole fauna of Mexico - Reviewed by R. W. Ingle.
  • 190. The Mysterious World of Caves - Reviewed by H. Pearman.

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Volume 2, Part 6, 1974 (for 1973)

Main Articles

  • 209-222. Peterson, D. W & Swanson, D. A - Observed Formation of Lava Tubes during 1970-71 at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii.
  • 225-232. Gibson, I. L - Blister Caves associated with an Ethiopian Volcanic Ash-flow Tuff.
  • 233-237. Morris, P - The Mammal Fauna of the Ash-Flow Tuff Blisters of the Fantale, Ethiopia.
  • 238-255. Simons, J. W. E - The Lava Caves of the Nothern Chyulu Hills, Kenya.

Reviews

  • 222. Newsletter and Bulletin of the Cave Exploration Group of East Africa - Reviewed by A. J. Sutcliffe.
  • 223. Bungonia Caves - Reviewed by H. Pearman.

Volume 2, Parts 7-8 (for 1974-75)

Main Articles

  • 257-264. Snow, Dr. D. W - Oilbirds, Cave-living Birds of South America.
  • 266-298. Powers, Rosemary & Stringer, Dr C. B - Palaeolithic Cave Art Fauna.
  • 299-310. Ford, Dr. D - Castleguard Cave, an Alpine Cave in the Canadian Rockies.

Reviews

  • 264. American Caves and Caving - Reviewed by H. Pearman.
  • 265. Archaeology of the Mammoth Cave area - Reviewed by Theya Molleson.

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Volume 3, Part 1, 1977 (for 1976)

  • 1-2. Editorial.

Main Articles

  • 3-12. Anon - Photographs of Biological Subjects in Caves: A tribute to the Work of A. E. Mc. R. Pearce.
  • 13-24. Bull, Dr. Peter A - Cave Sediment Studies in South Wales.

Short Notes

  • 25-27. Doughty, P. S - The Rediscovery of a Cave in Cretaceous Chalk near the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland.
  • 29-32. Zammit-Maempel, Dr. G - The Magical Properties of Rock from St. Paul's Grotto, Malta.
  • 33. Anon - A little-known photograph of William Pengelly, 1812-1894.
  • 34-38. Wilson, Miss Jane - Caves: Changing Ecosystems?
  • 39-42. Hooper, J. H. D - British Bats and the Law.
  • 43-48. Sutcliffe, Dr. A. J & Lewarne, B - An Unsolved Mystery: The Age of the almost destroyed Human Remains from Cattedown Cave, Plymouth.

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Volume 3, Part 2, 1978 (for 1977)

Main Articles

50-65. Ollier, C. D & Holdsworth, D. K - Cave Burials in Eastern Papua.
66-69. Wilson, Jane - Cave Ecology in the Himalayas.
70-76. Furnell, Dennis - A Case for Reconsruction.
78-86. Watling, Dick & Pernetta, John C - Limestone Caves in the Sigatoka Valley, Viti Levu, Fiji.

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Volume 4, 1983

  • 5-8. Longman, Avril - William Pengelly F. R. S.
  • 9-36. Stuart, A. J - Pleistocene Bone Caves in Britain and Ireland.
  • 37-44. Cooper, R. G - Mass Movement Caves in Great Britain.
  • 45-52. Davies, M - The Excavation of Upper Kendrick's Cave, Llandudno.
  • 53-58. Jefferson, G. T - The Threshold Fauna.
  • 59-70. Hooper, J. H. D - The Study of Horsehoe Bats in Devon Caves.
  • 71-76. Price, G - The Caves of Fairy Cave Quarry.
  • 77-83. Stanton, W. I - Digging for Mendip Caves.
  • 85-92. Waltham, A. C - A Review of Karst Conservation Sites in Britain.

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Volume 5, 1984

  • Edgar Reed 1899-1984.
  • 7-14. Pierpoint, Dr. S. J - Cave Archaeology in Yorkshire.
  • 15-30. Gascyne, Dr. Melvyn - Twenty Years of Uranium-Series Dating of Cave Calcites: Review of Results, Problems and New Directions.
  • 31-38. Edington, Dr. M. Ann - Biological Observations on the Ogbunike Cave Systems, Anambra State, Nigeria.
  • 39-52. Crowther, Dr. J - Karst Water Studies in Gua Batu (Batu Caves), Peninsular Malaysia.

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  • Volume 6, 1985

  • 4. Editors Preface
  • The Conservation of Caves in Great Britain:
  • 5-10. Wilmut, J - The Growth of Cave Conservation.
  • 11-13. Young, I - Scotland.
  • 15-17. Davies, G. M & Long, H - Northern England.
  • 19-21. Mellors, P. T - The Peak district.
  • 23-26. Heaver, S - Wales.
  • 27-30. Price, G - The Mendip Hills.
  • 31-36. Cawthorne, R - Devon.
  • 37-39. Judson, D - Review.
  • 41-49. Hedges, J & Alexander, E. C. Jr - Karst-related features of the upper Mississippi Valley region.
  • 51-61. Grainger, P, Kalaugher, P. G & Flaxman, T. S - Geophysical surveying at Joint Mitnor Cave, Buckfastleigh.

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Volume 7, 1987

  • 5-15. Dublyansky, V.N & Ilyukhin, V.V - Speleology in the USSR.
  • 17-22. Dublyansky, V.N, Ilyukhin, V.V & Lobano, Y.E - Some Problems of Karst Morphometry.
  • 23-29. Song Lin Hua - The Study and Use of Karst Caves in China.
  • 31-74. Hayes, R. H - Archaeological Finds in the Ryedale Windypits.

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Volume 8, 1991

  • 5-10. Jean, David - Surtshellir Lava Cave, Iceland.
  • 11-37. Worrell, Duncan J - Diurnal temperature variations within Rift Cave, Buckfastleigh: A Study in Cave Microclimate.
  • 39-56. Craven, Stephen A - Eli Simpson; 16 September 1884 to 1 February 1962. A Biography up to 1945.
  • 57-61. Davies, Melvyn - Kendrick's Cave Llandudno; some Nineteenth Century finds.

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Volume 9, 1993

  • 5-20. Wade, Alastair - Threats to the Physical Fabric of Caves in South Devon.
  • 21-25. Bego, F & Griffiths, H. I - Preliminary Data on the Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) of Alabania.
  • 27-36. Griffiths, H. I - Pre- and Early Historic Records of the Eurasioan Badger, Meles meles (L., 1758) (Carnivora, Mustelidae), in Britain.
  • 37-49. Hooper, John - Bats in Devon.
  • 51-70. Bednarik, Robert G - Wall Markings of the Cave Bear.

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Volume 10, 1995

  • 5-19. Quin, Andrew - Morphological links between distinct cave systems, as revealed by the magnetic properties of cave sediments.
  • 21-28. Harley, David - Evaluation of the Hilti TE-10A hammer drill for use in caving.
  • 29-35. Cooper, Roger G, Graham, Nigel & Read, Mike - Solutional cave passages intersected by mass movement rifts in the Isle of Portland, Dorset.
  • 37-50. Darlington, Johanna P. E. C - Ecology and fauna of the Tamana Caves, Trinidad, West Indies.
  • 51-63. Darlington, Johanna P. E. C - Caves in the Heights of Aripo, Trinidad, West Indies: A Review of Current Knowledge.
  • 65-74. Darlington, Johanna P. E. C - A Review of Current Knowledge about Oropouche or Cumanca Cave, Trinidad, West Indies.

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Volume 11, 1999/2000

  • 5-7. Black, Dr. G.P.
  • 7-11. Beeson, Calum - Conservation - Back to Basics!
  • 13-41. Rogers, C - Meta Menardi in Underground Systems in the South West of England.
  • 43-49. Rutz, Jesus - Smith, Peter - Serna, Alis and Munoz, Emilio - The Prehistoric Cave Site "Cueva de las Grajas" in Matienzo, North Spain.

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Volume 12, 2001/2002

  • 4. Presentacion.
  • 5-6. Peter Smith - Palaeolithic Cave Art in Cantabria, North Spain..
  • 7. General Introduction.
  • 8-10. History of the Discovery of Cave Art in Cantabria.
  • 11-16. Introduction to Palaeolithic Art.
  • 17-59. Catalogue of Caves with Palaeolithic Art.
  • 60. Appendix 1 - Other Caves with Palaeolithic Art.
  • 61. Appendix 2 - Acknowledgements for the cave surveys used in this catalogue.
  • 61-63 Bibliography.
  • 64. List of Photographs and figures.

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Volume 13, 2004

  • v. Editorial.
  • 1-3. Antony Sutcliffe 1927-2004.
  • 5-25. Kent's Cavern: its testimony to the antiquity of man.
  • 27-41. Danko Taborosi, Kazuomi Hirakawa & Kevin Stafford - Subaerial tufa in the Mariana Islands and its depositional settings.
  • 43-49. Winifred & John Hooper.
  • 51-60. Trevor Shaw.

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Volume 14, 2006

  • Editorial 1
  • 3-5. TREVOR SHAW - John Hooper, 1916 - 2005
  • 7-25. DANIEL UNDERDOWN - Joint Mitnor Cave: Microfossil Analysis and Sediment Description
  • 27-32. PAUL W. SOWAN - Creswell Crags and Britain’s First Reported Cave Art
  • 33-38. ROGER JACOBI - Creswell Crags and the Sabre-toothed Cat
  • 39-41. RALPH O’CONNOR - Kirkdale Cave and the Poetry of William Buckland
  • 43-45. MARIANNE SOMMER - “Science’ Wondrous Wand”: the Role of Magic in the Story of the Red Lady of Paviland
  • 47-50. COLIN BRISTOW - Early Developments in the use of Resistivity Geophysics for the Detection of Caves
  • 51-54. EDWARD P.F. ROSE - Military Geological Cave Exploration on Gibraltar 1862-68: The Start of a Saga
  • 55-57. DAVID M. WILKINSON, HANNAH J. O’REGAN AND TOM CLARE
    A Tale of two Caves: Exploration at Haverbrack and Helsfell in Southern
    Cumbria
  • 59-65. TONY WALTHAM - The Origin and Form of Cave Systems
  • 67-69. ALAN J. BOWDEN - Willoughby Ellis and the Pengelly Connection
  • 71-74. SARAH G. CANT - British Speleologies: Politics, ‘Personality’ and Cave Science, 1935-1950
  • 75-79. ANNE O’CONNOR - Hugh Falconer, Joseph Prestwich and the Gower Caves
  • 81-83. PATRICK J. BOYLAN - William Pengelly, the History of Cave Studies and The Devonshire Association
  • 42. The History of Geology Group
  • 80. Index to Studies in Speleology
  • 84. Notes for Contributors

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Volume 15, 2007

  • Editorial 1
  • TREVOR SHAW Travellers to Tourists - cave visitors to Slovenia 3 - 21
  • HARRY PEARMAN User-defined Cave Surveys 27 - 44
  • IAN WALL Extending the Management Remit - the true value of cultural heritage. A case study at Cresswell Crags 45 - 57
  • Research Papers in Speleology 23 - 25
  • Contributing Authors 58
  • Index to Studies in Speleology 59
  • Notes for Contributors 60