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Lower Palaeolithic Neanderthal tooth
Neanderthal tooth found in Pontnewydd Cave, north-east Wales.
Complete crown of a tooth, but with no root surviving. The tooth is a creamy white colour with yellowish coloured traces of tooth root.
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Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
95.35H/1.H2942
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, Clwyd
Grid Reference: AF993SE
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1995
Notes: from excavations by Dr. SHR Aldhouse-Green for the NMW
Acquisition
Donation, 14/8/1995
Measurements
(): length / mm:8.4
(): thickness / mm:7.9
(): weight / g:0.5
(): width / mm:8.1
Material
tooth
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Remains
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