614 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
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© DEPTH 4.25m. BELOW'O' DATUM 
A-8 5/14/57 x8 
Ficure 5.—Heap of stones lying over Shanidar adult Neanderthal I. 
of these, under the right leg, was evidenced by a concave-sectioned 
streak of burned earth and charcoal 12 cm. long and about 3 mm. 
thick. Another carboniferous soil streak was found just to the north 
of the left forearm. 
As we exposed the skeleton, there was increasing evidence that this 
individual had been killed on the spot by a rockfall. Bones were 
observed to be broken, sheared, and crushed. Some stones were in 
direct. contact with the bones. Various parts of the skeleton thus 
