Santimamiñe

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Santimamiñe cave
entrance to the cave
Spain Basque Country Santimamiñe cave (Spain) Show map of Basque CountryShow map of SpainShow all
Location	Kortezubi, Biscay
Coordinates	Coordinates: 43°20′48″N 2°38′12″W / 43.34667°N 2.63667°W / 43.34667; -2.63667
Geology	limestone, corrosion-erosion

Santimamiñe cave, Kortezubi, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Basque Country, including a nearly complete sequence from the Middle Paleolithic to the Iron Age.^[1]

Its complete sequence includes the following cultures:

• Mousterian
• Chatelperronian
• Aurignacian
• Gravettian
• Solutrean
• Magdalenian
• Azilian

Plus unclassified remains of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron ages.

It is best known for its mural paintings of the Magdalenian period, depicting bisons, horses, goats and deers.

Its excellent location over the Urdaibai estuary was probably most important in its continued habitation, first by Neanderthals and later by Homo sapiens.

Since 2008, it is one of the caves included as a World Heritage Site within "Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain".

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See also[]

• Art of the Upper Paleolithic
• List of Stone Age art

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