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Lower Palaeolithic stone levallois flake
Sharp flakes were used by the Neanderthals as cutting tools.
A levallois flake with a plain striking platform. The piece has a very pronounced bulbar scar.
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Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.5H/2.D155
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, Clwyd
Grid Reference: I8NW
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1979
Notes: Upper Breccia Grid Square : I8NW
Acquisition
Donation, 19/1/1981
Measurements
(): length / mm:76.8
(): thickness / mm:12.3
(): weight / g:42.4
(): width / mm:38.3
Material
crystal tuff
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Neanderthal Tools and Animals
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