Traces of flowers placed on a Palaeolithic tomb found

Friday, May 8, 2015 - 10:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The burial of the so-called Red Lady, dating back to the Upper Palaeolithic, was discovered in El Mirón cave (Cantabria) in 2010. The Journal of Archaeological Science has devoted a special edition to all the studies conducted at this unique burial site, because there are hardly any Palaeolithic tombs like this one which is intact and which has not been contaminated.

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