Maltravieso cave (Cáceres, Spain) is well-known thanks to its parietal art that dates from the Upper Palaeolithic. Since 2002, when systematic excavations began in the cave, its archaeological potential as a Pleistocene site was proven. This paper presents the first Upper Palaeolithic data from La Sala de las Chimeneas. That is: dating, paleoecological data, symbolic elements, and faunistic and tecnotipological analysis. Furthermore, the site’s implications in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula Upper Palaeolithic framework are highlighted, as few sites of this chronology (17500-18500 BP) are known. In fact, La Sala de las Chimeneas record is the first one known in the region of Extremadura.
Nuevas aportaciones al Paleolítico superior del suroeste peninsular: la cueva de Maltravieso, más allá del santuario extremeño de las manos
BANULS CARDONA, Sandra;
2010
Abstract
Maltravieso cave (Cáceres, Spain) is well-known thanks to its parietal art that dates from the Upper Palaeolithic. Since 2002, when systematic excavations began in the cave, its archaeological potential as a Pleistocene site was proven. This paper presents the first Upper Palaeolithic data from La Sala de las Chimeneas. That is: dating, paleoecological data, symbolic elements, and faunistic and tecnotipological analysis. Furthermore, the site’s implications in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula Upper Palaeolithic framework are highlighted, as few sites of this chronology (17500-18500 BP) are known. In fact, La Sala de las Chimeneas record is the first one known in the region of Extremadura.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
