GOUGH'S CAVE 1: STUDY OF PELVIS AND LOWER LIMBS 



FEMORA 



Inventory 



Right (No. 1.1/35) 



The right femur is essentially complete. There is minor damage to 

 the anterior head margin over an area 15.3mm proximo-distal by 

 17.0mm antero-posterior, and there was abrasion to the medial 

 margin of the medial condyle which obscures the medial articular 

 margin. In addition, there is matrix adhering to the intertrochanteric 

 crest combined with surface bone damage. 



Left (No. 1.1/34) 



The left femur is a complete bone with trivial edge abrasion to the 

 condyles, and a loss of surface bone to the postero-proximal head 

 over an area 2 1 .5 by 19.0 mm. 



Morphology 



The Gough's Cave 1 femora are long, slender and relatively straight 

 bones, with moderate muscular markings. This is combined with 

 moderately sized articulations (Figs 6, 7). 



The maximum and bicondylar lengths of the two bones differ 



Fig. 6 Anterior (left) and posterior (right) views of the Gough's Cave I femora; x 0.4. 



