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The discovery of the Abric Romaní

Capellades, Anoia, Barcelona

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The discovery of the Abric Romaní

Historical milestone · Capellades, Anoia, Barcelona

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The Abric Romaní site is located in the Cinglera del Capelló, a 60-metre-thick travertine escarpment formed by the springs of the Capellades aquifer, next to the Anoia river. Discovered in 1909 by the paper manufacturer Amador Romaní Guerra, it gathers a set of Neanderthal occupations spread across 27 archaeological levels, all from the Middle Palaeolithic except the uppermost one, from the Upper Palaeolithic. The calcification of numerous wooden tools, a material rarely preserved, makes it one of the most important Neanderthal sites in Europe, along with exceptionally well-preserved hearths. The area, of great geological and archaeological value, also concentrates another twenty or so sites from different periods in the same surroundings of the Cinglera.

1909

Photo: Viquipèdia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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