The Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales are by far the richest source of Aurignacian material in Britain, including burins and scrapers dated to about 28,500 years ago.Lynch, Aldhose-Green & Davies Prehistoric Wales p. 16 The first remains of modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens to be found in Wales was the famous Red Lady of Paviland, discovered in the 1820s. This was a human skeleton dyed in red ochre discovered in 1823 in one of the Paviland caves in Gower. news.bbc.co.uk, accessed August 3, 2008 Despite the name, the skeleton is actually that of a young man who lived about 33 ,000 years ago  at the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period (old Stone Age). He is considered to be the oldest known ceremonial burial in Western Europe. The  skeleton was found along with fragments of small cylindrical ivory rods, fragments of ivory bracelets and seashells.Lynch, Aldhose-Green & Davies Prehistoric Wales p. 18-19 These remains have been more accurately dated to 29,000 years ago, coincident with a warmer period. Settlement in Wales was apparently intermittent as periods of cooling and warming led to the ice sheets advancing and retreating. Wales appears to have been abandoned from about 21,000 years ago until after 13,000 years ago, with a burial found at Kendrick's Cave on the Great Orme dating to about 12,000 years ago.Lynch, Aldhose-Green & Davies Prehistoric Wales p. 41
The Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales are by far the richest source of Aurignacian material in Britain, including burins and scrapers dated to about 28,500 years ago.Lynch, Aldhose-Green & Davies Prehistoric Wales p. 16 The first remains of modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens to be found in Wales was the famous Red Lady of Paviland, discovered in the 1820s. This was a human skeleton dyed in red ochre discovered in 1823 in one of the Paviland caves in Gower. news.bbc.co.uk, accessed August 3, 2008 Despite the name, the skeleton is actually that of a young man who lived about 29 ,000 years ago , coincident with a warmer period at the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period (old Stone Age). He is considered to be the oldest known ceremonial burial in Western Europe. Paviland Cave The Ice Age Hunters RCAHMW The skeleton was found along with fragments of small cylindrical ivory rods, fragments of ivory bracelets and seashells.Lynch, Aldhose-Green & Davies Prehistoric Wales p. 18-19 Settlement in Wales was apparently intermittent as periods of cooling and warming led to the ice sheets advancing and retreating. Wales appears to have been abandoned from about 21,000 years ago until after 13,000 years ago, with a burial found at Kendrick's Cave on the Great Orme dating to about 12,000 years ago.Lynch, Aldhose-Green & Davies Prehistoric Wales p. 41
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