Sima de las Palomas

Sima de las Palomas
RegionRegion of Murcia
Coordinates37°47′59″N 0°53′45″W / 37.79972°N 0.89583°W / 37.79972; -0.89583
Altitude123 m (404 ft)[1]
TypeIntermittent settlement
History
PeriodsMiddle Paleolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1992-

Sima de las Palomas ("Rock-Dove hole") is on Cabezo Gordo, located between Balsicas and San Javier in the Murcia region of Spain. It was inhabited for tens of thousands of years, by Neanderthals and others. The shaft was filled in with brecciated material in the Late Pleistocene, and was partly excavated by miners in the nineteenth century. In the rubble, fossil remains of humans, including those of Neanderthals, were found in the 1990s,[1] and after excavations in the shaft, in 2006-2007 a skeleton of a young Neanderthal woman was found,[2][3] possibly buried with her child.

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  3. ^ Rincon, Paul (18 February 2020). "Neanderthal 'skeleton' is first found in a decade". BBC News. Retrieved 13 September 2020.