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Lower Palaeolithic Neanderthal tooth
Complete tooth crown, but with no traces of the root surviving. The crown is unworn and is a yellowish colour.
Neanderthal tooth found in Pontnewydd Cave, north-east Wales.
WA_SC 1.4
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
95.35H/1.F6095
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:7.9
width / mm:12.8
thickness / mm:10.4
weight / g:1.4
Material
tooth
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Remains
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