General Information

Site Name:

Abrigo de la Güelga

Synonym Name(s):

Cueva de la Güelga

Site Type:

rock shelter

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Discovery Year: 

1.986

First Description: 

[PublicBibliographySpace:Menéndez Fernández, Martínez Villa 1992]

Chronological Abstract: 

The sequence of lithic industries that was identified in the interior sector of zone D below the two surface levels provided three clearly defined phases: An upper attributed to the Châtelperronian, a middle assigned to the Aurignacian and finally a lower Mousterian unit (Jordá-Pardo, Jesús F., et al. 2013).

Location

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Country:

Europe::Southern Europe::Spain

General Location Description:

The cave of La Güelga (Narciandi, Cangas de Onís, Asturias) is located in the eastern part of the Asturian Massif or central zone of the Cantabrian Cordillera that corresponds with the Cantabrian zone of the Iberian Massif. The cave mouth is located at the base of a cliff with a strong relief, at 182 m asl and at the bottom of a blind valley in which the La Güelga or La Brava stream disappears into a subterranean karstic complex (Jordá-Pardo, Jesús F., et al. 2013).

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
43,35
  • Longitude (WGS84):
-5,11
  • Altitude:
182

 

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Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Menéndez Fernández, Martínez Villa 1992] [PublicBibliographySpace:Menéndez Fernández, Martínez Villa 1992a] [PublicBibliographySpace:Menéndez Fernández, García 1998] [PublicBibliographySpace:Menéndez Fernández, García, Quesada 2005] [PublicBibliographySpace:Menéndez Fernández, et al. 2009] [PublicBibliographySpace:Jordá-Pardo, Jesús F., et al. 2013]

Multimedia Files:

[PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Menéndez Fernández, Martínez Villa 1992] [PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Menéndez Fernández, Martínez Villa 1992a] [PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Menéndez Fernández, García 1998] [PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Menéndez Fernández, García, Quesada 2005] [PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Menéndez Fernández, et al. 2009] [PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Jordá-Pardo, Jesús F., et al. 2013]

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Jordá-Pardo, Jesús F., et al. 2013, Fig.2