Avenc de l'Arboç
A 60-metre-deep pit in Sitges, with a 28-metre shaft and a 38-metre decorated dome. Discovered in 1957 and extended in 1986, where human remains were found.
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Avenc de l'Arboç
A 60-metre-deep pit in Sitges, with a 28-metre shaft and a 38-metre decorated dome. Discovered in 1957 and extended in 1986, where human remains were found.
Sitges · Garraf
Length: 83 m · Depth: 60 m
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A 60-metre-deep pit in Sitges, with a 28-metre shaft and a 38-metre decorated dome. Discovered in 1957 and extended in 1986, where human remains were found.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The entrance, approximately 3 metres in diameter, gives way to a shaft 28 metres deep. At 13 metres we find a narrow window which, once passed, places us at the upper part of a dome. As we begin to descend it, we will observe how the shaft widens until we are situated in the middle of a heavily decorated shaft that is 38 metres in total. Once at the base, a steep slope of stones leads us to a passage that ends at -60 metres.
Speleothems
The shaft is heavily decorated.
History
In 1957 members of the GES discovered and explored the single 24-metre shaft. In 1986, during the GES course, one of the course participants discovered halfway up the shaft a small hole on a decorated wall; a few weeks later the hole was widened and allowed access to the new part of the cavity. The explorers' surprise increased on finding human remains at the bottom, which after contacting the Museu de Paleontologia de Sabadell and later the chair of legal medicine of the Universitat de Barcelona only served to determine that it was a single individual aged between 25 and 30 years and that the bones were older than 30 years. It therefore remains to be resolved by which point the bones or the person accessed the bottom of the cavity.
Bio
Troglocharinus Ferreri Reitt. 2 male specimens. Collected by Francesc Rubinat on 14 March 1992.
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Bibliography
1.Gual Balcells,Jordi; Ferre Masdeu, Arnald; Monte Gamboa,Agustí.(1993).- “Garraf, antics avencs, noves fondàries” Sota Terra (7): 20-25. GES - CMB. Barcelona.
2.Borràs, J. (1974).- Catálogo Espeleológico del Macizo de Garraf (II):1-166. Barcelona.
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