Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site
- Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site
The earliest known inhabitants of Wales lived in the vale of the river Elwy at the Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site, near the hamlet of Bontnewydd, Denbighshire.
Paleaolithic site
It was excavated from 1978 by a team from the University of Wales, led by Dr Stephen Aldhouse Green. Teeth and part of a jawbone excavated in 1981 were dated to 230,000 years ago.[cite web]
title= Gathering the Jewels
url=http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ27306/
accessdate=2008-09-25
publisher=Culturenet Cymru
year=2008
work=Early Neanderthal jaw fragment, c. 230,000 years old] This site is the most north-western site in Eurasia for remains of early hominids and is considered of international importance. Based on the morphology and age of the teeth, particularly the evidence of tauradontism, the teeth are believed to belong to a group of Neanderthals who hunted game in the vale of Elwy in an interglacial period.Naming
The site is sometimes referred to incorrectly as "Pontnewydd", meaning 'Newbridge' in English.
ee also
*List of Neanderthal sites
Notes
References
*Dr Chris Stringer "Homo Brittanicus" 319 pages, publisher: Allen Lane (5 Oct 2006) ISBN-10: 0713997958, ISBN-13: 978-0713997958
* [http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/rhagor/article/?article_id=107 National Museum of Wales article]
* [http://www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba66/feat1.shtml Ancient Burial practice article- British Archeology] .
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