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🙋♀️Hi everyone! Today is #FridayPaleoArt and we’re visiting Chufín cave in Cantabria, one of the @UNESCO World Heritage sites of Cantabrian Region.
Cave: #Chufín
Place: Riclones (Cantabria, Spain)
Motif: Red paintings and engravings
Chronology: #Premagdalenian
Cave: #Chufín
Place: Riclones (Cantabria, Spain)
Motif: Red paintings and engravings
Chronology: #Premagdalenian
⁉️Chufin cave, also known as the cave of Moro Chufín, is located on a cliff above the reservoir of La Palombera, at the confluence of the rivers Lamasón and Nansa, in Cantabria. It was discovered in 1972 by Manuel de Cos Borbolla and the reservoir guard Primo González. ⚓️
➡️The rock art of this cave is made up of two main groups: the indoor paintings and the outer engravings. The group of red paintings inside the cave was discovered on 30 March 1972, and shortly afterwards Martín Almagro identified the group of rock engravings on the outside.
👋😉Hi! Today is #FridayPaleoart, and instead of a single site, we are going to visit an entire valley!!! #KarrantzaHarana 🏞️
Cave: #ArcoB cave
Place: Pondra, Karrantza river valley, Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria (Spain)
Motif: Mammoth
Chronology: #Premagdalenian
Cave: #ArcoB cave
Place: Pondra, Karrantza river valley, Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria (Spain)
Motif: Mammoth
Chronology: #Premagdalenian
➡️⁉️The Carranza River is a short river that rises in Karrantza (Bizkaia) and connects with the Asón River in Ramales de la Victoria (Cantabria). The Carranza gorge is the only way out of the valley and is characterized by an abrupt karstic orography plenty of caves and shelters.
❗️📚More than twenty archaeological sites are known (27) although the archaeological information in many cases is deficient. There are 7 decorated caves, 5 in Cantabria and 2 in the Basque Country.
