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Pleistocene horse bone
Incomplete phalange. Proximal end is missing and several recent breaks exist across the bone.
Horse meat was a good source of protein in the Neanderthal diet.
WA_SC 1.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.5H/7.C195
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980
Notes: Lower Breccia; Grid Square M 13 SE
Acquisition
Donation, 19/1/1981
Measurements
length / mm:81.4
width / mm:54.4
thickness / mm:34.3
weight / g:87.1
Material
bone
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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