She lay there midst
Mammoth, reindeer, and wolf bones:
Diadem of fox teeth round her brow
Ocher under her hips
26,640 plus or minus 110 years before "now."
Burnt reindeer-pelvis bone bits
in her mouth,
Bones of two men lying by her,
one each side.
Gary Snyder
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Thanks to Thelma Wilcox for drawing my attention to this poem and the following link to more information on the burial -
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~evc/Bahn_Dolni%20Vestonici.pdf#search='bohuslav%20klima%20moravia%20hills'
Also to Dr Paul Huckfield for info on the book, 'In Search of the Neanderthals' by Chris Stringer and Clive Gamble. ISBN 0-500-27807-5.
thanks for the poem and links. i'm an american in the ma archaeology program at reading... i also have an mfa in poetry from naropa univsersity (guinsberg and chogyam trungpa founders) so this was extremely interesting to me.
miss beth.
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