Burgos, Spain—according to A science news report, Ana Isabel Ortega Martínez of the Royal Burgos Academy of History and Fine Arts and colleagues have obtained new radiocarbon dates for the occupation of the Sala Cimada, an inaccessible chamber in the Cueva Palomera, which is the main entrance to the Ojo Guarena cave system in northern Spain. Ortega Martínez explained that most of the rock art found in the cave system is located within the Sala Cimada. Radiocarbon dates were taken from charcoal samples, drawings and bones found scattered in Sala Cimada. The oldest date shows that the site was used about 13,700 years ago. The most recent date, about 2,100 years ago, was obtained from the remains of a domestic pig, which is believed to have been left as a ritual offering in a small pond. The study also shows that people repeatedly visited Sala Keymada during eight phases of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. The researchers concluded that these visitors continually added new artworks while maintaining the paintings of their predecessors. To read more about rock art in Spanish caves, visit “”paleo palette“
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