A HUMAN CALVA DATED BY RADIOCARBON IN THE SOUTHERN BASIN OF THE NORTH-SEA

Authors
ERDBRINK DPB TACOMA J
Citation
Dpb. Erdbrink et J. Tacoma, A HUMAN CALVA DATED BY RADIOCARBON IN THE SOUTHERN BASIN OF THE NORTH-SEA, L'Anthropologie, 101(3), 1997, pp. 541-545
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Anthropology
Journal title
L'Anthropologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00035521
Volume
101
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
541 - 545
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-5521(1997)101:3<541:AHCDBR>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The find of a fossil human calotte, collected in September 1994, near the North Hinder Bank in the southern basin of the North Sea, is brief ly described. The absolute age of this fossil resulted in 9640 +/- 40 BP. It is probably the first record of a dated fossil human find from this particular region to be attributed to Early Holocene times, when this was still dry land. Unexpectedly, the cranial index of the calott e indicates its brachycranic nature.