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Pleistocene horse bone
A.P. Currant reference type for preservation type III. A complete horse's terminal phalange or hoof. The bone has several cracks running through it and it is a pale grey colour.
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.D447
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980
Notes: Upper Breccia; Grid Square H 8 SW
Acquisition
donation, 19/1/1981
Measurements
length / mm:44.9
width / mm:68.6
thickness / mm:26.0
weight / g:44.4
Material
Bone
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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