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Pleistocene bear bone
A vertebra central piece with cut marks on the two faces from skinning. The bone is stained a yellow colour.
Bear bone with stone tool cut-marks. It suggests that Neanderthals used bear skins to keep themselves warm.
WA_SC 1.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
86.31H/3.D3960
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1985
Notes: Lower Breccia : I 6 NW
Acquisition
Donation, 22/5/1986
Measurements
length / mm:51.3
width / mm:70.0
thickness / mm:58.0
weight / g:70.5
Material
bone
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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