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Lower Palaeolithic Neanderthal tooth
Complete crown of tooth, but none of the root survives. The tooth is quite worn on the biting surface.
Neanderthal tooth found in Pontnewydd Cave, north-east Wales.
WA_SC 1.4
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
94.38H/1.F4753
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1994
Notes: from excavations by Dr. SHR Aldhouse-Green for the NMW
Measurements
length / mm:7.7
width / mm:8.2
thickness / mm:11.5
weight / g:1.0
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