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“Rockshelter” and “saint” in Portugese. The site of Lapa do Santo, is beneath a 30m-high limestone massif in the tropical savannah of central-eastern Brazil
One of the largest rock shelters excavated in the Lagoa Santa region. With a sheltered area of 1,300m. Lapa do Santo is an archaeological site located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is an important site for the study of prehistoric human occupation in South America. The site contains numerous artifacts including human/fauna…
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Uan Muhuggiag is home to the oldest known mummy from between 56 and 5400 years ago
Uan MuhuggiagIn south western Libya, in what is now the Siberian desert, is a rock shelter site. Located on a plateau about 3000 feet above sea level. 1500 miles west of the Nile Valley. Archaeological historyThe site was excavated in 1950. The Mummy was discovered in 1958. And, in 1982. It was excavated again. StratigraphyBased…
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The neolithic flint mines at Spiennes Mons is one of the most culturally significant centres of world heritage
After a couple decades of believing there was something odd about the area. Finally, in 1867, a railway line was dug that cut through 25 mining shafts. It is the origin and, discovery of the site Spiennes Mons. Covering more than 100 ha (250 acres), it is the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines…
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Franchthi Cave was used for around 35,000 years, and is one of the thoroughly studied sites from southeast Europe.
Last occupied around 3,000 BC (or, final neolithic), a major archaeological site overlooking Kiladha Bay, in the Argolic Gulf, opposite the village of Kiladha is in southeastern Argolis, in Greece. Humans first occupied the cave during the paleolithic era. Appearing around 38,000 BC (and possibly earlier.) Groups continued to live in, or seasonally visit the…
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Theopetra Cave has the oldest example of a man made structure dated to around 21000bc
Located in the Meteora municipality, Theopetra Cave is a limestone cave located in Thessaly, Greece. It is situated on the northeast side of a limestone rock formation that is 3 km (2 mi) south of Kalambaka. The site has become increasingly important as human presence is attributed to all periods of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic…
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Cyclops Cave (Yioura)
Also called the Cave of the Cyclops, off the coast of Thessaly in Greece is the location of a uninhabited islet of Youra, in the Northern Sporades. Its archaeological site has evidence of human occupation through the mesolithic and late neolithic periods. Later material, such as roman lamps were discovered there. Led by Adamantios Sampson,…
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Cave bear are ursus spelaeus. 40-24,000 years ago. They were displaced, similar to modern pests.
A prehistoric species of bear lived in Europe, Russia and the middle east during the Pleistocene. It became extinct around 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum and during the growth of cave sites from humans and neanderthals. Both the word cave and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species…
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Font-de-Gaume is a well known cave in south west France
Located near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne department.Font-de-Gaume cave contents contain paintings in several colours dating to almost 30,000 years. While exploring the area, in 1901 Denis Peyrony discovered the paintings. Prehistoric people lived in the Dordogne valley around 25000 thousand years ago. The cave was inhabited for several thousand years. Something must have happened.…