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Ficure 3.—Cross section of the east wall on line B6-B9 showing the location of Shanidar 
adult skeletons I and III. 
Before any further cleaning was done around the skull, a careful 
appraisal of the situation was made. It was too hazardous to enlarge 
the cut because of the heavy limestone blocks above and all around the 
find. Limestone fragments were found as close as 10 cm. to the east 
side of the skull. It lay in a pocket of loose, moist, dark-brown sandy 
loam containing some charcoal flecks. A broad, oblong, horizontal 
streak of dark soil measuring 8 cm. long and 1 cm. wide was en- 
countered about level with the eyebrows and 5 cm. from the west or 
right side of the calvarium. This streak, containing charcoal flecks, 
extended downward along the side of the skull parallel with its axis, 
widening to a width of 3cm. It may have been part of a rodent bur- 
row, a fairly common phenomenon in Shanidar Cave. Soil samples 
were taken from around the skull as the work progressed. 
We naturally wondered how much of the rest of the skull, including 
the face, was preserved below the eyebrows, and further cleaning re- 
solved this question. It was evident that the blow on top of the skull 
