General Information

Site Name:

Mollet III

Synonym Name(s):

Site Type:

rock shelter

More info to Site Type: 

Mollet III cave should not be confused with the adjacent site of Mollet (sometimes also referred to as Mollet I).This site is well known because of a Gravettian calvaria.

Discovery Year: 

1.972

First Description: 

[PublicBibliographySpace:Maroto 1976]

Chronological Abstract: 

Upper Palaeolithic artefacts and ornaments found with a calvaria indicate an Upper Palaeolithic age, probably Gravettian.

Location

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Country:

Europe::Southern Europe::Spain

General Location Description:

The Mollet III cave is situated in the vicinity of Serinyà and is very close to the important Palaeolithic caves of Reclau Viver, Mollet, Pau and Arbreda. All of these sites are concentrated along a travertine cliff, only a few metres apart from each other.

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
2,75
  • Longitude (WGS84):
42,17
  • Altitude:

 

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Linked Files + Pages

Collection Item(s):

Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Soler et al 2013]

Multimedia Files:

[PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Soler et al 2013]

Linked Pages:

Index:

Additional Content

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Ornaments found in Mollet III. 1e10: Perforated canines of Cervus elaphus; 11: Perforated Glycymeris sp.; 12: Fragments of Acathocardia; 13: Phallium sp. with rectangular ori!ce and wear; 14: Nucella lapillus; 15e26: Dentalium sp.Soler et al 2013.
Situation of Mollet III site. Soler et al 2013.