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    Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne department of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave...
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    Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of the Hands or Cave of Hands) is a cave and complex of rock art sites in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km...
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    The Coves de l'Aranya (in original Catalan language, known in English as the Spider Caves and in Spanish Cuevas de la Araña) are a group of caves in the...
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    national de Préhistoire [fr] (National Museum of Prehistory) and the area contains several important archaeological sites, including the Font-de-Gaume, Grotte...
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    Cueva de la Pileta ("Cave of the Pool") is a cave in the province of Málaga, Spain, that was discovered in 1905 and contains cave paintings. The cave was...
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    The Cueva del Castillo, or Cave of the Castle, is an archaeological site within the complex of the Caves of Monte Castillo, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria...
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    Cueva de los Casares is a cave in Riba de Saelices (Province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). Discovered in 1933, it contains a number of paleolithic...
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  • Thumbnail for Cueva de los Murciélagos
    The Cueva de los Murciélagos is a cave system in the Sierras Subbéticas [es] located about 4 km southeast of the town of Zuheros in the southern province...
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    The Cave of Altamira (/ˌæltəˈmɪərə/ AL-tə-MEER-ə; Spanish: Cueva de Altamira [ˈkweβa ðe altaˈmiɾa]) is a cave complex, located near the historic town of...
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    per day. Cave of Altamira Font-de-Gaume Lascaux Les Combarelles Leroi-Gourhan, A. (1988). Rouffignac. In: Dictionnaire de la Préhistoire, sous la dir...
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    The Caves of Nerja (Spanish: Cueva de Nerja) are a series of caverns close to the town of Nerja in the Province of Málaga, Spain. Stretching for almost...
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  • Thumbnail for Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument
    Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, 24 km (15 mi) northwest of Puerto Natales and 270 km (168 mi)...
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    exceptional prehistoric sites, including the Abri de Crô-Magnon, a rock shelter, the cave of Font-de-Gaume, and the Combarelles caves in Les Eyzies. It also...
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    Cueva de La Pasiega, or Cave of La Pasiega, situated in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo, is one of the most important monuments of Paleolithic...
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    name was derived. Font de Gaume, in the Dordogne Valley in France — Discovered in 1901 and dating from 17,000 B.C., Font de Gaume cave contains more...
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  • Cueva de la Fuente Cueva de la Pileta Cueva de los Casares Cueva de los Murciélagos Cueva de los Verdes Cueva de Montesinos Cueva del Viento Cuevas de...
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    Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain It was discovered by the photographer Manuel de Cos Borbolla, a native of Rabago (Cantabria). In Chufín were found different...
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    Cro-Magnon (/kroʊˈmænjən/ , US: /-ˈmæɡnən/; French: Abri de Cro-Magnon French pronunciation: [kʁomaɲɔ̃]) is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located...
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    Centro de interpretación de la Cueva de Maltravieso, opened in 1999. Other nearby Paleolithic caves are those of El Conejar, Santa Ana and Castañar de Ibor...
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    Alcalde del Río. It was first explored and excavated by Hugo Obermaier. The Cueva de Las Monedas was discovered in 1952. It was explored by Eduardo Ripoll Perelló...
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    Abri Castanet Reverdit Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Abri Audi Abri Chadourne Les Combarelles Cro-Magnon Font-de-Gaume Laugerie-Basse Laugerie-Haute La Micoque...
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    Lascaux, France (~17,000 y.o.) Cave of Niaux, France (~17,000 y.o.) Font-de-Gaume, in the Dordogne Valley, France (~17,000 y.o.) Badanj Cave, Stolac,...
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    abstract figures in open-air artwork completed 22,000 to 10,000 years ago. Font-de-Gaume in south-west France contains over 200 polychrome paintings and engravings...
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  • Thumbnail for Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
    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...
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    The Cave of Altxerri (in Spanish "Cueva de Altxerri", and in Basque Altxerriko leizea or Altxerriko koba) is located in the municipality of Aya (Gipuzkoa)...
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  • painting Caves of Gargas Cave of the Trois Frères Cueva de La Pasiega Cave of Altamira Pierre Teilhard de Chardin List of Roman Catholic cleric–scientists...
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    The Cave of Niño (Spanish: Cueva del Niño) is a cave located in Aýna, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1997.[citation needed] v t e...
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    84″N 1°29′47.20″W / 38.0644000°N 1.4964444°W / 38.0644000; -1.4964444 Cueva Antón is a paleoanthropological and archeological site in the Region of...
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  • The Atapuerca Mountains (Spanish: Sierra de Atapuerca) is a karstic hill formation near the village of Atapuerca in the province of Burgos (autonomous...
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    Charles R. Knight's 1920 reconstruction of Magdalenian painters at Font-de-Gaume, France Hugo Darnaut's 1885 Ideal picture from the Stone Age Viktor...
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