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Lower Palaeolithic Neanderthal tooth
Neanderthal tooth found in Pontnewydd Cave, north-east Wales.
Complete crown of tooth, but none of the root survives. The tooth is quite worn on the biting surface.
WA_SC 1.4
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
94.38H/1.F4753
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, Clwyd
Grid Reference: I1NW
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1994
Notes: from excavations by Dr. SHR Aldhouse-Green for the NMW
Acquisition
Donation, 28/6/1994
Measurements
(): length / mm:7.7
(): thickness / mm:11.5
(): weight / g:1.0
(): width / mm:8.2
Material
tooth
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Remains
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