Aurochs leg bone
- Description
- Aurochs were a huge wild ox, standing two metres high with large horns. This aurochs bone was found in an ancient submerged forest at Westward Ho! in Devon.
- Accession Loan No.
- 42/2003/19M
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Common Name
- aurochs leg bone
- Simple Name
- faunal bone
- Full Name
- metapodial
- Dimensions
- whole length 105 mm; whole width 50 mm; whole TH 55 mm
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
- Family Group
- Material
- bone (animal)
- Collection Site Name
- Westward Ho!
- Collection Town
- Westward Ho!
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
