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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.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.5H/7.D447
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
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
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