The Red Lady of Paviland is a fairly complete Upper Paleolithic era human male skeleton dyed in red ochre . Discovered in 1823 it is the first human fossil to have been found anywhere in the world, and at 33,000 years old is still the oldest ceremonial burial of a modern human ever discovered anywhere in Western Europe ref http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc articles PMC2752538 ref . The bones were discovered between 18 and 25 January 1823 by Rev. William Buckland , during an archaeological dig at Goat s Hole Cave one of the limestone caves between Port Eynon and Rhossili , on the Gower Peninsula , south Wales . ref name BBC news cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi wales south west 7069001.stm title Ancient skeleton was even older accessdate 29 December 2010 date 30 October 2007 publisher BBC work BBC News website ref Buckland believed the remains to be those of a female, dating to Roman ... Bones and ochre the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland 2007 p. 1 ref he misjudged both ... Paviland Cave journal British Archaeology volume issue 61 pages publisher Council for British Archaeology .... ref name Sykes pages 15 17 By the time a second archaeological excavation was undertaken to Paviland ... techniques have developed and become more and more accurate so the age of the Red Lady of Paviland ..., T.F.G The Red Lady ages gracefully New Ultrafiltration AMS determinations from Paviland, Journal ... AMS determinations from Paviland , in Journal of Human Evolution 2008 S. Aldhouse Green, Paviland ... feat3.shtml British Archaeology magazine, Oct. 2001, Great Sites Paviland Cave http www.explore gower.co.uk Content pa showpage pid 33.html Paviland Cave Explore Gower http icwales.icnetwork.co.uk ... http www.gtj.org.uk en item10 8642 Paviland Cave from Gathering the Jewels coord 51 33 0.31 N 4 15 18.67 ... Category Prehistoric sites in Swansea Category Gower Peninsula cy Ogof Paviland pl Czerwona Dama z Paviland ru ... more details
Use dmy dates date March 2012 Year in Wales header 1823 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1823 to Wales and Welsh people its people . Incumbents Prince of Wales vacant Princess of Wales vacant Events January In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula , William Buckland discovers the Red Lady of Paviland , the first identification of a prehistoric male human burial. ref cite journal first Stephen last Aldhouse Green title Great Sites Paviland Cave journal British Archaeology issue 61 month October year 2001 url http www.britarch.ac.uk ba ba61 feat3.shtml accessdate 2010 07 16 ref February John Frost Chartist John Frost is sentenced to six months in prison for a libel against the town clerk of Newport. 26 March The packet ship Alert sinks off The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey , with the loss of a hundred lives. A major eisteddfod is held at Mold, Flintshire Mold . The Welsh Literary Society of Brecon is established by Thomas Price Carnhuanawc . The Calvinistic Methodists draw up a confession of faith. Arts and literature New books Felicia Hemans The Siege of Valencia Huw Morys Eos Ceiriog, sef casgliad o b r ganiadau Huw Morus posthumous, ed. Walter Davies Ioan Siencyn Casgliad o Ganiadau Difyr posthumous Music David Charles hymn writer David Charles Hymnau ar Amrywiol Achosion hymn s John Ellis musician John Ellis Eliot hymn tune Births 8 January Alfred Russel Wallace , biologist d. 1913 11 February Llewellyn Turner , politician d. 1903 March Rowland Williams Hwfa M n , poet and archdruid d. 1905 17 November Sir John Evans archaeologist John Evans , archaeologist d. 1908 Deaths 26 February John Philip Kemble , actor, brother of Sarah Siddons, 66 4 December John Ryland Harris Ieuan Ddu , printer, 20 date unknown William Joseph Williams , American painter of Welsh parentage, 64? References reflist Category 1823 by country Wales Category 1823 in the United Kingdom Wales Category 1823 in Wales ... more details
Year nav topic4 1823 archaeology science The year 1823 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Empty section date July 2010 Excavations Empty section date July 2010 Finds Red Lady of Paviland by Rev. William Buckland , Gower Peninsula in south Wales . Smythe s Megalith . Publications Empty section date July 2010 Births Empty section date July 2010 Deaths Empty section date July 2010 See also Ancient Egypt Egyptology Category 1823 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology Category 1820s in science Archaeology Category 1823 in science Archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1823 ... more details
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The Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site is an archaeological site in Wales which has yielded the earliest known remains of Neanderthal s in the region. It is located on the River Elwy , near the hamlet of Bontnewydd, Denbighshire Bontnewydd , Denbighshire . Palaeolithic site Bontnewydd was excavated from 1978 by a team from the University of Wales , led by Dr Stephen Aldhouse Green . Teeth and part of a jawbone excavated in Pontnewydd Cave the cave in 1981 were dated to 230,000 years ago. The bone is from a Neanderthal boy approximately eleven years old. ref name jewels 1 cite web title Gathering the Jewels url http www.gtj.org.uk en small item GTJ27306 accessdate 2008 09 25 publisher Culturenet Cymru year 2008 work Early Neanderthal jaw fragment, c. 230,000 years old ref The site is the most north western site in Eurasia for remains of early hominids and is considered of international importance. Based on the morphology biology morphology and age of the teeth, particularly the evidence of taurodontism , the teeth are believed to belong to a group of Neanderthals who hunted game in the vale of Elwy in an interglacial period . The other key paleolithic sites in the UK are Happisburgh , Pakefield , Boxgrove Quarry Boxgrove , Barnfield Pit Swanscombe , Kents Cavern , Red Lady of Paviland Paviland , and Cheddar Man Gough s Cave . Naming The site is sometimes referred to as Pontnewydd , meaning Newbridge in English language English . See also Boxgrove Quarry Boxgrove Cheddar Man Gough s Cave Genetic history of the British Isles Happisburgh Kents Cavern List of human evolution fossils List of Neanderthal sites List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain Pakefield Prehistoric Britain Red Lady of Paviland Paviland Barnfield Pit Swanscombe Notes reflist References Dr Chris Stringer Homo Brittanicus 319 pages, publisher Allen Lane 5 Oct 2006 ISBN 0713997958, ISBN 978 0713997958 http www.museumwales.ac.uk en rhagor article ?article id 107 National Museum of Wales article http www ... more details
Year nav topic 1823 science The year 1823 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy Olbers paradox is described by the Germany German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matth us Olbers . December 29 Great Comet of 1823 first observed. Chemistry June 17 Charles Macintosh patent s a method of rubberizing fabric to waterproof it. ref cite web first R. B. last Prosser title Macintosh, Charles 1766 1843 work Oxford Dictionary of National Biography publisher Oxford University Press year 2004 url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 17541 accessdate 2011 04 23 doi 10.1093 ref odnb 17541 ODNBsub ref Exploration February 20 James Weddell s expedition to Antarctica reaches latitude 74 15 S and longitude 34 16 45 W, the most southerly position that will be attained for more than 80 years. Medicine October 5 The Lancet founded by Thomas Wakley . Theodric Romeyn Beck publishes the first significant American book on forensic medicine , Elements of Medical Jurisprudence in Albany, New York . Paleontology January In a cave on the Gower Peninsula of Wales , William Buckland discovers the Red Lady of Paviland , the first identification of a prehistoric male human burial. The bones are discovered with those of the woolly mammoth , proving that the two had coexisted. ref cite journal first Stephen last Aldhouse Green title Great Sites Paviland Cave journal British Archaeology issue 61 month October year 2001 url http www.britarch.ac.uk ba ba61 feat3.shtml accessdate 2010 07 16 ref Physics William Sturgeon invents the electromagnet . Technology First use of a Fresnel lens in a lighthouse optic, at the Cordouan lighthouse on the Gironde estuary . ref cite journal last Watson first Bruce url http libproxy.uncg.edu 2088 servlet BioRC title Science Makes a Better Lighthouse Lens journal Smithsonian magazine Smithsonian month August year 1999 volume 30 page 30 ref First permanent wire cable suspension bridge , Pont Saint Antoine in Geneva , by Gu ... more details
class infobox width 350 align center Image Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 30px 1823 in the United Kingdom Image Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 30px style background color f3f3f3 align center small Other years small align center 1821 in the United Kingdom 1821 1822 in the United Kingdom 1822 1823 1824 in the United Kingdom 1824 1825 in the United Kingdom 1825 Events from the year 1823 in the United Kingdom . Incumbents Monarch George IV of the United Kingdom King George IV Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Lord Liverpool , Tory Events January In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula , William Buckland discovers the Red Lady of Paviland , the first identification of a prehistoric male human burial. ref cite journal first Stephen last Aldhouse Green title Great Sites Paviland Cave journal British Archaeology issue 61 month October year 2001 url http www.britarch.ac.uk ba ba61 feat3.shtml accessdate 2010 07 16 ref 20 February Explorer James Weddell s expedition to Antarctica reaches latitude 74 15 S and longitude 34 16 45 W the southernmost position any ship had reached before, a record that will hold for more than 80 years. March Royal Academy of Music opens. ref name CBH 17 June Charles Macintosh patents the waterproof material later used to make Mackintosh coats. ref name Pocket On This Day cite book title Penguin Pocket On This Day publisher Penguin Reference Library isbn 0 14 102715 0 year 2006 ref July Robert Peel ensures the passage of five Acts of Parliament, effectively abolishing the death penalty for over one hundred offences ref name CBH cite book last Palmer first Alan coauthors Veronica year 1992 title The Chronology of British History publisher Century Ltd location London pages 252 253 isbn 0 7126 5616 2 ref in particular, the Judgement of Death Act 1823 Judgement of Death Act allows judges to commute sentences for capital offences other than murder or treason to imprisonment or Penal transportation transportation . ref cit ... more details
laydate 2011 11 02 ref Maxilla Kent s Cavern 4, then the Gravettian Paviland 1 and Eel Point represents ... List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain Pakefield Prehistoric Britain Red Lady of PavilandPaviland Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site Pontnewydd Barnfield Pit Swanscombe References reflist 30em ... more details
Lady of Paviland On 18th January 1823 Buckland climbed down to Paviland Cave , where he discovered the Red Lady of Paviland , so called as Buckland originally thought it to a local prostitute, in Wales , ref Sommer, Marianne Bones and ochre the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland 2007 ... he found the skeleton in Paviland Cave in the same strata as the bones of extinct mammals including ... Bones and ochre the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland year 2007 page 1 Attribution 1911 ... more details
This list of archaeological site s is sorted by continent and then by the age of the site. For one sorted by country, see the list of archaeological sites by country . Europe Palaeolithic Lower Swanscombe Heritage Park Barnfield Pit , Kent, Great Britain Bilzingsleben Paleolithic site Bilzingsleben , Thuringia, Germany. Clactonian Boxgrove , East Sussex, Great Britain. Clacton on Sea , Great Britain. Clactonian V rtessz l s , Hungary Middle B ile Herculane , Romania , middle Palaeolithic as well as Mesolithic Creswell Crags , Great Britain K nigsaue , Germany Krapina , Croatia Le Moustier , France, Mousterian Neanderthal, Germany Neanderthal , Germany, Neandertal Upper Altamira cave Altamira , Cantabria, Spain Aurignac , Haute Garonne, France, Aurignacian Ch telperron , central and south western France, Ch telperronian Chauvet Cave , southern France C a Valley Paleolithic Art , northeastern Portugal, S tios arqueol gicos de Portugal Dolni Vestonice settlement Dolni Vestonice , Gravettian , Moravia Ignateva Cave , South Urals, Russia La Gravette , Dordogne, France, Gravettian La Madelaine , Dordogne, France, Magdalenian Lascaux , Dordogne, France, Magdalenian Meiendorf , northern Germany, Hamburgian Culture Mladec , Moravia Red Lady of Paviland Paviland Caves , Great Britain, Wales, Aurignacian Solutr , eastern France, Solutrean Mesolithic Alby, land Alby, Sweden Astuvansalmi , Finland Belba , Turkey Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Village , United Kingdom Cramond , United Kingdom Franchthi , Greece Friesack , Germany, Brandenburg Hohen Viecheln , Germany, Mecklenburg Howick house , United Kingdom Pulli settlement Pulli settlement, Estonia Lepenski Vir , Serbia Star Carr and Star Carr house , United Kingdom Mount Sandel Mesolithic site Mount Sandal Northern Ireland , United Kingdom Ythan Estuary , Sands of Forvie , Aberdeenshire , Scotland Neolithic Ardgroom , Ireland Avebury , Britain Bylany archaeology Bylany , Czech Republic Carnac stones , France Carrigagulla , Ire ... more details
ref The Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales are by far the richest source ..., Homo sapiens sapiens to be found in Wales was the famous Red Lady of Paviland . This was a human skeleton dyed in red ochre discovered in 1823 in one of the Paviland caves. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 ... Artifacts from Paviland Cave held on Gathering the Jewels http www.gtj.org.uk en item10 8645 Mesolithic ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1823 Year nav 1823 C19 year in topic NOTOC Year 1823 Roman numerals MDCCCXXIII was a common year starting on Wednesday link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the 12 day slower Julian calendar . Events January&ndash March January &ndash In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula of Wales , William Buckland discovers the Red Lady of Paviland , the first identification of a prehistoric male human burial. ref cite journal first Stephen last Aldhouse Green title Great Sites Paviland Cave journal British Archaeology issue 61 month October year 2001 url http www.britarch.ac.uk ba ba61 feat3.shtml accessdate 2010 07 16 ref February 3 &ndash Gioachino Rossini s Semiramide is first performed. February 20 &ndash Explorer James Weddell s expedition to Antarctica reaches latitude 74 15 S and longitude 34 16 45 W the southernmost position any ship had reached before, a record that will hold for more than 80 years. March 19 &ndash Agustin de Iturbide , Emperor of Mexico, abdicates thus ending the short lived First Mexican Empire . April&ndash June April 13 &ndash Eleven year old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven . June 5 &ndash Raffles Institution established as the Singapore Institution by the founder of Singapore , Sir Stamford Raffles . July&ndash September July 1 &ndash The congress of Central America declares absolute independence from Spain , Mexico , and any other foreign nation, including North America , and a Republican system of government is established. July &ndash Robert Peel ensures the passage of five Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom , effectively abolishing the death penalty for over one hundred offences ref name CBH cite book last Palmer first Alan coauthors Veronica year 1992 title The Chronology of British History publisher Century Ltd location London pages 252 253 isbn 0 7126 5616 2 r ... more details
File Schmerling.jpg thumb Philippe Charles Schmerling File Schmerling Caves05.JPG thumb The upper Schmerling Caves Schmerling Cave fr Grottes Schmerling fr Philippe Charles Schmerling Delft , 2 March 1790 or 24 February 1791, Li ge 7 November 1836 is a Belgique Belgian Prehistory prehistorian , pioneer in paleontology, paleoanthropology, paleopathology and geologist. He is often considered the founder of paleontology . In 1829 he discovered the first Neanderthal man Neanderthal fossil, the partial cranium of a small child, although it was not recognized as such until 1936, and is now thought to be between 30,000 70,000 years old. It was the second discovery of a fossil man after the discovery of the Red Lady of Paviland in Wales in 1823. ref Cite web title Homo neanderthalensis url http anthropology.si.edu humanorigins ha neand.htm publisher Smithsonian Institution accessdate 18 May 2009 ref Life Schmerling was a son of a Protestant trader of Vienna Viennese origin. Schmerling studied in Delft and Leiden . Afterwards he served in the army between 1812 and 1816. ref http users.swing.be sw201655 paged1.htm Biographie ref He married in 1821 with Elizabeth de Douglas, who had two daughters, in 1823 and 1825. Schmerling continued his studies in 1822 ref name Henderickx Liliane Henderickx, Philippe Charles Schmerling 1790 1836 r v le l antiquit de l homme gr ce aux d p ts ant diluviens des grottes li geoises , Revue d Arch ologie et de Pal ontologie , n 10, Centre d arch ologie et de pal ontologie, Plainevaux, 1991, p. 24 66. ref and became Doctor of Medicine in 1825, his doctor dissertation was on the subject De studii psychologiae in medicina utilitate et necessitate . ref name Morren Charles Fran ois Antoine Morren Charles Morren , Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Philippe Charles Schmerling , in Annuaire de l Acad mie royale de Belgique , Bruxelles, t. 4, 1838, p. 130 150. http books.google.be books?id bUA0AAAAMAAJ&dq editions 3AUOM39015065658828&hl fr&pg RA3 PA13 ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Steph Swainston image Steph Swainston at con.jpg caption Steph Swainston at con in 2009. birth date 1974 birth place Bradford , Yorkshire , England death date death place occupation Novelist genre Literary fantasy New Weird movement notableworks influences William Burroughs , Angela Carter , M. John Harrison influenced website http www.stephswainston.co.uk Steph Swainston is a British literary fantasy science fiction author, receiving critical acclaim from China Mi ville among others for her first novel The Year of Our War 2004 . The book won the 2005 Crawford Award and a nomination for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. The sequel No Present Like Time was published in 2005. Swainston s third book, The Modern World novel The Modern World , is set in the same universe and was published in May 2007. Her fourth novel Above the Snowline was published in 2010, and she has begun work on a fifth book. ref Blog entry http www.stephswainston.co.uk blog steph 2009 02 above the snowline the fourth castle book Above the Snowline the fourth Castle book 24 February 2009 ref In 2011, she announced she was quitting full time writing to become a Chemistry teacher. ref http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment books features steph swainston i need to return to reality 2309804.html Steph Swainston I need to return to reality ref Early life She was born in Bradford , Yorkshire, in 1974. She lives in the United Kingdom. She has a message board at Night Shade Books , and sample chapters of her novels are free online on http www.stephswainston.co.uk the books the books page of her website . Swainston has previously worked in a variety of jobs, including as a qualified archaeologist with a degree from Girton College , University of Cambridge , and a research degree from the University of Wales , being employed on a dig that researched the oldest recorded burial site in the UK, Paviland Cave , as wel ... more details
of Paviland , and explained away the mammoth remains with the find. ref John G. Evans, The Environment ... Buckland Red Lady of Paviland , mammoth remains Kents Cavern , Devon , England 1824, Thomas Northmore ... Sommer, Bones and Ochre the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland 2007 , p. 88 http books.google.co.uk ... out. ref Marianne Sommer, Bones and Ochre the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland 2007 , p ... more details
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