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Neolithic human head (reconstruction)
Model of the reconstruction of a Neolithic human skull, based on original skull, 74.23H found during excavations at Penywyrlod. The model's creation was based upon a computer reconstruction undertaken by Past Forward Ltd. in York. The original skull is that of a man in his mid to late twenties excavated from a chamber within the Neolithic chambered tomb of Penywyrlod.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
96.26H
Find Information
Site Name: Penywyrlod, Llanigon
Grid Reference: SO 151 316
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1972 / Sep
Notes: original skull
Acquisition
Purchase, 6/11/1996
Measurements
Material
hardened polystyrene
Location
In store
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