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Cave of el Bolet

Mediona, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

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Cave of el Bolet

Nature · Mediona, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

The Cova del Bolet, or Coves del Bolet, is an archaeological site located in the municipal district of Mediona (Alt Penedès), at 633 metres altitude, included in the Inventory of Archaeological and Palaeontological Heritage of Catalonia. The cavity, opened in karstified limestone terrain, consists of a main vestibule and two additional chambers with difficult access; it served first as a dwelling place and later as a collective burial site. Occupations have been documented from the Epipalaeolithic to the Middle Ages, with cardial pottery from the early Neolithic, Epipalaeolithic lithic industry, Iberian coins with the legend CESSE, an annular fibula, the remains of two human individuals, domestic and wild fauna, and bone tools such as awls and a spatula.

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