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animal remains
Object Type
animal remains
Museum number
Germ.551
Description
Bone fragment with signs of human modification on the break surfaces. Fresh with slight brown staining. Greyish sediment cemented with calcite adhering to inner surface.
Cultures/periods
Upper Palaeolithic
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Excavated by:
Professor Oskar Friedrich von Fraas
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Die Rauberhohle
, Cave near Etterzhausen, west of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
(Open site two kilometres from Schussenried railway station at the source of the Schussen, in the area of the Upper Swabian end moraine on the northern edge of the younger moraine of the Rhine glacier.)
Materials
bone
Dimensions
Weight:
36.10 grammes
Bibliographic references
Schmidt, R R / Die diluviale Vorzeit Deutschlands
(vol 1, pp. 32-33)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition notes
Given to A W Franks by Otto Fraas for the Christy Collection
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
Germ.551