Table 7 Human remains from Sima de las Palomas

Identification numbers CG-32 to CG-47 are provisional and subsequent items are awaiting assignation of numbers

Id. No.Bone or tooth typeAgeYear FoundProvenance at Sima de las Palomas
CG-1 mandible fused to maxillas adult 1991 upper breccia
CG-2 right mandíbular body adult 1995 hillside, mine rubble
CG-3 occipital fragment adult 1992 hillside, mine rubble
CG-4 parietal fragment adult 1992 hillside, mine rubble
CG-5 parietal fragment adult 1992 hillside, mine rubble
CG-6 left mandíbular body adult 1993 between main chamber scree slope and mine level
CG-7 mandibular body child 1993 mine level
CG-8 axis vertebra adult 1993 hillside, mine rubble
CG-9 axis vertebra juvenile 1993 hillside, mine rubble
CG-10 intrasutural Wormian bone adult 1993 mine level
CG-11 left temporal squame young adult 1993 main chamber scree slope
CG-12 left temporal fragment adult 1994 hillside, mine rubble
CG-13 parietal fragment adult 1995 hillside, mine rubble
CG-14 left frontal fragment, supraorbital torus, trigone adult 1994 hillside, mine rubble
CG-15 right frontal fragment, supraorbital torus adult 1993 main chamber scree slope
CG-16 frontal fragment adult 1992 hillside, mine rubble
CG-17 fibula fragment adult 1994 hillside, mine rubble
CG-18 left ulna baby/foetus 1994 upper cutting, layer (2b)
CG-19 right metacarpal III fragment ?adult? 1994 main chamber scree slope
CG-20 left humeral fragment- 1994-
CG-21 left epitrochlear humeral fragment - 1994 hillside, mine rubble
CG-22 right maxillary canine adult 1994 upper cutting, layer (2d)
CG-23 left mandibular medial incisor adult 1994 upper cutting, layer (2)
CG-24 distal phalangeal bone of hand- 1995 upper cutting, layer (2g)
CG-25 maxillary molar crown child 1995 upper cutting, layer (Ia)
CG-26 left maxillary canine adult 1995 upper cutting, layer (Ia)
CG-27 right maxillary medial incisor adult 1995 hillside, mine rubble
CG-28 left mandibular deciduous molar child 1995 upper cutting, layer (2f)
CG-29 left maxillary medial incisor juvenile/adolescent 1995 upper cutting, layer (2k)
CG-30 right mandibular canine adolescent 1995 upper cutting, layer (2f)
CG-31 right maxillary deciduous canine child 1995 upper cutting, layer (2i)
CG-32 tooth germ baby/foetus 1995 upper cutting, layer (2f)
CG-33 right mandibular molar adult 1995 upper cutting, layer (2h)
CG-34 deciduous canine child 1995 hillside, mine rubble
CG-35 left maxillary l deciduous medial incisor infant 1995 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
CG-36 permanent molar crown child 1995 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
CG-37 right maxillary lateral incisor adult 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
CG-38 molar fragment -1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
CG-39 left maxillary medial incisor adolescent 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
CG-40 ?right? mandibular medial incisor adolescent 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
CG-41 anterior right mandibular premolar adolescent 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
CG-42 germ of molar crown infant 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
CG-43 molar in maxillary fragment -1996 upper cutting extension, layer (I)
CG-44 worn single-root tooth adult 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
CG-45 root of single-root tooth - 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
CG-46 root of single-root tooth adult 1995 upper cutting, layer (2i)
CG-47 right mandibular medial incisor adolescent 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)B
- mandibular fragment infant 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (2a)
- 2 mandibular body fragments infant 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
- zygomatic fragment-1996 hillside, mine rubble
- distal phalangeal bone - 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
- humeral trochlea infant 1996 hillside, mine rubble
- distal phalangeal bone - 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
- proximal humeral fragment child 1995 upper cutting, layer (2i)
- mastoid process (tympanic bulla)-1996 hillside, mine rubble
- vertebral fragment - 1996 hillside, mine rubble
- orbital fragment- 1996 hillside, mine rubble
- vertebral fragment - 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ib)
- head and neck of radius - 1996 upper cutting extension, layer (2a)
- patella -1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
- patellar fragment -1996 hillside, mine rubble
- pubic bone fragment - 1995 upper cutting, layer (2i)
- fragment of fibula shaft - 1995 upper cutting, layer (2i)
- fragment of vertebral neural arch- 1995 upper cutting, layer (2i)
- symphsyeal pubic fragment adult/adolescent 1995 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
- left maxillary fragment infant 1995 hillside, mine rubble
- proximal shaft of radius-1996upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
- tooth root in bone fragment -1996 upper cutting extension, layer (Ia)
- zygomatic/facial fragment- 1996 hillside, mine rubble
- left maxillary fragment adult 1997 hillside, mine rubble
- mandibular right anterior premolar adult 1997 upper cutting extension, layer (2d)
- maxillary left posterior premolar* adult 1997 upper cutting extension, layer (2c)
- maxillary left lateral incisor* adult 1997 upper cutting extension, layer (2c)
* As yet uncleaned and unmeasured