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Altamira is located in the Franco-Cantabrian region and in 1985 was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a key location of the Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. [4] The cave can no longer be visited, for conservation reasons, but there are replicas of a section at the site and elsewhere.
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Map of Paleolithic cave art sites in the Franco-Cantabrian region.. The Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Cueva de Altamira y arte rupestre paleolítico del Norte de España) is a grouping of 18 caves of northern Spain, which together represent the apogee of Upper Paleolithic cave art in Europe between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago (Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean ...
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. The Cave of Altamira is located near Santillana del Mar.This cave, called the "Sistine Chapel of Quaternary", is relatively small (270 m (890 ft)) and contains the rock paintings of sixteen bison, several depictions of deer, the largest of which is 2.25 m (7.4 ft) tall and of horses.
The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira (Spanish: Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira), also known as Altamira Museum (Spanish: Museo de Altamira), is a center dedicated to the conservation of, research into, and the sharing of information about the cave of Altamira in Santillana del Mar (), Spain, named a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
Officials say a 39-year-old man from Los Villares in southern Spain's Andalusia region poured water on the paintings to get a clearer image for Facebook. ... Cave paintings cover the walls of La ...
Common bison-related injuries include deep puncture wounds, blunt trauma, fractures, contusions, abrasions, and even death." That's not surprising since female bison weigh about 1,000 pounds and ...
Bison painting (replica) from the Cave of Altamira, dated to the Magdalenian. The animals depicted are prey sought by the Paleolithic hunters, such as reindeer, [20] horses, [21] bisons, [22] mammoth, [23] the woolly rhinoceros, [24] and birds, [clarification needed] [25] as well as apex predators such as lions [26] panthers or leopards, [27 ...