Axlor cave
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Axlor is a prehistoric archeological site in the village of Dima in Biscay in the Autonomous Basque Community of Spain, dating from the Middle Paleolithic or Mousterian period.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1967 archaeological discoveries, Buildings and structures in Biscay and Caves of the Basque Country (autonomous community).
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Dima
- Image
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- heritage designation
- bien de interés cultural
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- Axlor
- time period
- Middle Paleolithic
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- Excavation
- The site
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Axlor is a prehistoric archeological site in the village of Dima in Biscay in the Autonomous Basque Community of Spain, dating from the Middle Paleolithic or Mousterian period.
==Excavation== The shelter is the mouth of an old cave that has been filled up with clay from the Indusi karst. The archaeologist Jose Miguel Barandiaran discovered the site and directed the first excavations from 1967 until 1974. The results of these works were published in 1980 by Barandiaran in Obras Completas, T. XVIII. Barandiaran noted the presence of 9 different layers at the site, 5 of which contained Mousterian lithic artifacts. Jose Maria Basabe studied 5 teeth from a young Neanderthal found on the site. Jesus Altuna identified faunal remains from the site, while later on, A. Baldeón studied the stone tools.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Axlor cave” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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