X20 Level 11 Sima de las Golondrinas ischium bone


Presumed ischium bone, part of ox coxae (lower pelvis), from a Homo sp. child. Found in metric level 11 of excavation X-20 at Sima de las Golondrinas cave, northern Zacatecas, Mexico. Not directly dated. Chronology based on dating charcoals in related sediments: Early Holocene, 9400—11,700 calibrated years before present (calBP).

Copyright: Ciprian F. Ardelean, Alejandro Mitrani, José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil, LANCIC-IFUNAM, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas

Sima de las Golondrinas, Zacatecas, Mex. Excavation X-20 early materials