General Information

Site Name:

El Salitre

Synonym Name(s):

Salitre II, Sopeña

Site Type:

cave

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Salitre Cave was one of the first discovered caves with Palaeolithic rock art in Spain, in 1903. Its paintings were discovered and studied by Lorenzo Sierra and Alcalde del Río. The entrance documents bears, deers, chamois, goats, horses and elks with a Solutrean assemblage.

Discovery Year: 

1.903

First Description: 

[PublicBibliographySpace:Cuevas 1930]

Chronological Abstract: 

Upper Palaeolithic (20,000-14,000 years ago): The red paintings date back to the Solutrean and the black ones to the Magdalenian.

Location

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Country:

Europe::Southern Europe::Spain

General Location Description:

The cave is located in the Sierra of Lorenzo.

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
43,26
  • Longitude (WGS84):
-3,71
  • Altitude:
500

 

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Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Cuevas 1930] [PublicBibliographySpace:López 1981] [PublicBibliographySpace:Bernaldo de Quiros, Cabrera Valdés 1981]

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