Editing History of Wales (section)

===Paleolithic===
The earliest known item of human remains discovered in modern-day Wales is a [[Neanderthal]] jawbone, found at the [[Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site]] in the valley of the [[River Elwy]] in [[North Wales]]; it dates from about 230,000 [[Before Present|years before present (BP)]] in the [[Lower Palaeolithic]] period,{{sfn|Davies|1994|p=3}} and from then, there have been skeletal remains found of the Paleolithic Age man in multiple regions of Wales, including South Pembrokeshire and Gower.{{sfn|Davies|1994|p=2}} It is known that Britain was visited over a long period during interglacial periods, perhaps as far back as far as an interstadial period of the [[Mindel glaciation]], some 300,000 years ago,{{sfn|Foster|Daniel|2014|p=18}} but in the [[last Glacial Maximum]], 26,000-20,000 BP, most of Wales was covered in an ice sheet. Despite this, Wales has been inhabited by [[Early modern human|modern humans]] for at least 29,000 years.{{sfn|Pettitt|2010|p=207}} The [[Red Lady of Paviland]], a human skeleton dyed in [[red ochre]], was discovered in 1823 in one of the Paviland [[limestone]] caves of the [[Gower Peninsula]] in [[Swansea]], South Wales. Despite the name, the skeleton is that of a young man who lived about 33,000 BP at the end of the Upper [[Paleolithic]] Period ([[Old Stone Age]]). Paviland cave lay just to the south of the ice sheet and the sea level was lower, so the cave was inland at the time.{{sfn|Richards|Trinkaus|2009}} It is considered to be the oldest known ceremonial burial in Western Europe. The skeleton was found along with jewellery made from [[ivory]] and [[Exoskeleton|seashells]] and a [[mammoth]]'s skull.