General Information

Site Name:

Cueva Antón

Synonym Name(s):

Site Type:

cave

More info to Site Type: 

Over the ca.9 m2 excavated, >1000 mammal bone fragments were recovered, some of which identified to two species, rabbit and red deer. The lithic assemblage comprised 351 artifacts, mostly debitage and knapping debris reflecting the exploitation of a limestone raw-material that is locally available as river cobbles.

Discovery Year: 

19

First Description: 

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Chronological Abstract: 

The Middle Palaeolithic occupations are preserved in a more than 4-m-thick sequence of low-energy flood deposits overlain by silts accumulated during recent episodes of inundation by a dam reservoir. The uppermost fertile units are levels II-l and I-k, for which the ages indicated by radiocarbon dating are, respectively, greater than 43.5 and approximately 37.4 ka cal B.P.

Location

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Country:

Europe::Southern Europe::Spain

General Location Description:

Antón is a large rockshelter excavated by the Mula river, which runs through an interior basin located approximately 60 km from the present shore line.

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
-1,5
  • Longitude (WGS84):
38,06
  • Altitude:
380

 

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Linked Files + Pages

Collection Item(s):

Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Zilhão et al 2010b] [PublicBibliographySpace:Zilhão, Villaverde 2008]

Multimedia Files:

[PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Zilhão, Villaverde 2008]

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Additional Content

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Cueva Antón 1991. Projection over the 20/19 profile (i.e., along the E-W axis of the grid) of selected piece-plotted finds (coordinated bone and retouched lithics).Zilhão, Villaverde 2008.
Cueva Antón (during the 2008 field season). Zilhão, Villaverde 2008.
Lithic artifacts from level I-k, the uppermost human occupation recognized so far. Left: exhausted centripetal core. Center: denticulated piece. Right: splintered piece.Zilhão, Villaverde 2008.
Location of the cave. Zilhão, Villaverde 2008.