1823 Copper engraved section, with later hand colouring, of Goat's hole, Gower Peninsula, Wales. Showing the upper paleolithic human burial (not yet r
1823 Copper engraved section, with later hand colouring, of Goat's hole, Gower Peninsula, Wales. Showing the upper paleolithic human burial (not yet recognised as such) discovered by Rev. William Buckland. Drawn by T. Webster from a sketch by Professor Lithography by George Scharf, printed C. Hullmandel. In \Reliquiae Diluvianae or Observations on the Organic Remains contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel, and on the Geological Phenomena Attesting the Action of an Universal Deluge\". John Murray, 1823. Buckland discovered the skeleton but mistook both the age and sex. His geological work was cutting edge, but still lay in the framework of a Biblical flood. This male burial (actually around 29000 years old) was placed as one from Roman Britain, possibly a witch or prostitute. It included grave goods such as seashell necklaces, carved mammoth ivory and red ochre."
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Photo credit: © PAUL D STEWART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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