A human skull, Homo sapiens, from Gough's Cave, Somerset. Specimen in the collection of The Natural History Museum.
[File name: DSCN2312.jpg. Photo ID: 11. Source: AHOB, 2012]
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Human skull found at Gough's Cave. Cutmarks, such as the ones seen here, are signs of butchery that suggest that cannibalism may have occurred.
[File name: Goughsskull.jpg. Photo ID: 46. Source: AHOB, 2012]
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Interior of Gough's Cave showing the 1986 excavation area.
[File name: Goughs_excavation.jpg. Photo ID: 47. Source: R. Charles, 1990]
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Reindeer antler bâton excavated from Gough's Cave in 1989. An AMS date of 11, 870 +/_ 110 (OXA 2797) provides the first direct date for a baton from any northwest European site.
[File name: GC Baton.jpg. Photo ID: 48. Source: AHOB, 2012]
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Saiga antelope, Saiga tatarica, upper molar and calcaneus (Gough's Cave, Mendip, Somerset) dated to 12, 380 +/_ 160 BP (OXA 463). The present-day saiga is found in steppe and semi-desert in Central Asia.
[File name: GC saiga.jpg. Photo ID: 49. Source: AHOB, 2012]
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Gough's Cave, Mendip, Somerset. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Creswellian) blades from the 1987 excavation.
[File name: Goughs flint.jpg. Photo ID: 50. Source: AHOB, 2012]
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Plans of the outer part of Gough's Cave showing stages in the removal of the Pleistocene sediments (based on Donovan, 1955). (A) Gorge; (B) Inner edge of raised walk-way across the cave-mouth; (C-C) Former position of iron gates; and (D-D) Present grille gates.
[File name: Jacobi and Higham, 2009, QSR-3.jpg. Photo ID: 152. Source: Jacobi and Higham, 2009]
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Flint artefacts from Gough's Cave. (1-4) Abruptly modified blades; (5) End-scraper; (6) Burin; (7) Piercer; (8) Blade with rounded end; and (9,10) Blades with scalar edge modification.
[File name: Jacobi and Higham, 2009, QSR-5.jpg. Photo ID: 153. Source: Jacobi and Higham, 2009]
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Chris Stringer holding the human skull known as Cheddar Man from Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge.
[File name: appendstringer4NHM.jpg. Photo ID: 162. Source: Stringer, 2006]
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Chris Stringer holding the human skull known as Cheddar Man from Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge.
[File name: appendstring5NHM.jpg. Photo ID: 163. Source: Stringer, 2006]
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Cut marks on Late Palaeolithic human bones from Gough's Cave.
[File name: 6goughscutsNHM.jpg. Photo ID: 174. Source: Stringer, 2006]
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Cheddar Man skeleton from Gough's Cave.
[File name: 6cheddman.jpg. Photo ID: 188. Source: Stringer, 2006]
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Late Upper Palaeolithic flint artefacts from Gough's Cave.
[File name: 6goughsNHM.jpg. Photo ID: 199. Source: Stringer, 2006]
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Late Upper Palaeolithic bone artefacts from Gough's Cave.
[File name: 6goughsboneNHM.jpg. Photo ID: 200. Source: Stringer, 2006]
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Palaeogeographical context of Gough's Cave and other Magdalenian sites with human bone remains.
[File name: GoughsMap.jpg. Photo ID: 233. Source: Bello et al., 2011]
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