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Lower Palaeolithic Neanderthal tooth
Complete crown of a tooth, but with no root surviving. The tooth is a creamy white colour with yellowish coloured traces of tooth root.
Neanderthal tooth found in Pontnewydd Cave, north-east Wales.
WA_SC 1.4
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
95.35H/1.H2942
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
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
width / mm:8.1
thickness / mm:7.9
weight / g:0.5
Material
Tooth
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Remains
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