X20 Level 33 Sima de las Golondrinas bighorn sheep cuboid bone


Cuboid bone from the ankle of a mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), with multiple human-made cut marks inside the grooved muscle insertion feature. Found in metric level 33 of excavation X-20 at Sima de las Golondrinas cave, northern Zacatecas, Mexico. Not directly dated. Chronology based on dating charcoals in related sediments: Late Pleistocene, 16,000—16,500 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