La Cueva del Mirón (Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria): excavaciones 1996-1999

Manuel R González Morales,Lawrence G Straus

doi:10.3989/tp.2000.v57.i1.264

Abstract

The four excavation campaigns carried out to date in El Miron Cave, with a complete stratigraphie sequence from the early Bronze Age through theSolutrean, have demons trated the importance of this site to the understanding of human societies in the montane interior of the Cantabrian Region during much of its prehistory. The excavation me thods that have been applied especially document in detail residential areas pertaining to the Chalcolithic, Neolithic, and early-mid Magdalenian periods within this large cave. They also have provided large quantities of paleoenviron

Highlights

Thefour excavation campaigns carried out to date in El Miron Cave, with a complete stratigraphie sequence from the early Bronze Age through theSolutrean, have demonstrated the importance of this site to the understanding of human societies in the montane interior of the Cantabrian Region during much of its prehistory
El nivel 108 es especialmente rico, y contamos con dos fechas de 13660±70 y 14710 ±160 BP, problemáticas en cierta medida porque aparecen asociadas a instrumentos de asta -como las azagayas de aplastamiento central desplazado a la base "tipo Castillo" o de sección cuadrada "tipo Juyo"- que se han venido atribuyendo a etapas arcaicas del Magdaleniense cantábrico
- ( 1999): "The Fourth Excavation Campaign in 'El Mirón' Cave (Cantabria, Spain), 1999." OldWorldArchœology Newsletter, 22: 1-8

Summary

14 Neolítico

C 10.270 50 (GX-24467) H 11.650 50 (GX-2446S) H conv conv conv AMS AMS. Zona del corral: 102.1 T8d 108 V8c 108 V8d 110 V8d 111 U7a 111 V8d 115 V8d 116 V8d 117 V8a-d 119 V8a-c. 8 Magdaleniense Inferior 20 Magdaleniense Inferior 14 Magdaleniense Inferior Magdaleniense Inferior Magdaleniense Inferior 24 Magdaleniense Inferior 28 ¿Magdaleniense inferior? (GX-23417) (GX-22703) (GX-23397) (GX-23396) (GX-24468) (GX-23395) (GX-23394) (GX-23416) (GX-25857) (GX-25858) (GX-24470) (GX-24471)

H AMS H AMS H conv H conv H conv H conv H conv H AMS C AMS C AMS H conv H conv

CONCLUSION