Stone Age gallery by the sea
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An expedition organized by the Department of Sub-Marine Archaeological research (DRASM) in the French Ministry of Culture, surveyed the submerged Cosquer Cave that houses the world's oldest cave paintings and engravings. In addition to the existing 26 stenciled hands, 23 painted and 21 engraved animals, and 20 geometrical signs, 19 more painted and engraved animals and non-figurative images were discovered. The rock art in the cave belongs to two separate periods, the first beginning 28,000 years ago and the second beginning about 19,000 years and ending about 10,000 years ago. The French Ministry of Culture plans a climatological study of the cave in addition to further research.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1993
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Treasure of the Sierra Atapuerca: a mountain range in northern Spain yields a cornucopia of human remains, including the world's oldest known burials
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The Sierra Atapuerca in northern Spain has several sites from which a large number of fossil humans have been excavated, dating from 127,000 to as much as a million years ago. At the Gran Dolina site, recently discovered human bones between 800,000 and 1 million years old may be from a previously unknown species of hominid. At the Galeria site a human bone about 250,000 years old has been found in association with an Acheulean hand ax. At the Sima de los Huesos (Pit of Bones), with only about two percent excavated, over 1600 human bones have been recovered, dating to over 200,000 years ago and representing some 90% of all pre-Neandertal remains found in Europe.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1996
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Outdoor creations of the Ice Age
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Most of the Ice Age rock art was created in the open, on the rock faces that have weathered smooth with the passage of time. Archaeologists have found six such sites, the largest of them in Portugal's Coa Valley. The open air rock art that survived mainly consists of engravings of animals such as horse, cattle and deer. The engravings are damaged both by man and nature. Portugal's Coa Valley rock art may soon be drowned by a dam project if steps are not taken to halt the project.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1995
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