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Urbiola

A fissure in a rocky outcrop in Urbiola used as a collective burial crypt, studied in 1958 and 1962.

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A fissure in a rocky outcrop in Urbiola used as a collective burial crypt, studied in 1958 and 1962.

Caratteristiche

Località

It is located to the right of the road from Urbiola to Ancín, one km from the former; approximate location.

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  1. Urbiola

    Quota: 600 m

    42.617315, -2.116163
    UTM 30T (ED 50) 572593 4718907
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The cavity is rather a fissure in a rocky outcrop with veins of copper carbonates (Azurite).

Altri dettagli

Reference Príncipe de Viana 88-89/419. The cavity was used as a collective burial crypt. It was first discovered in 1958 by a miner from Urbiola, who named it with the first name of Cueva de los Hombres Verdes, since the bones found have a greenish-blue color due to the copper Salt of the cave where they were located. All the finds, both archaeological and anthropological, were deposited in the Museo de Navarra in Pamplona.

Storia

The aforementioned cavity was the subject of study and archaeological research by the Institución Príncipe de Viana; the discovery and excavation of a burial crypt took place in the month of September 1958, directed by D. Juan Maluquer de Motes and with the collaboration of D. Domingo F. Medrano and D. Rafael Blanco Caro. In 1958, Príncipe de Viana; Dr. D. Miguel Fuste Ara (Laboratory of Anthropology of the University of Barcelona). In 1962, D. Juan Maluquer de Motes, D. Domingo F. Medrano and D. Rafael Blanco Caro investigated. Archaeology: human remains and pottery.

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Fonte: Gobierno de Navarra – Catálogo espeleológico de Navarra (datosabiertos.navarra.es), modificato. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Gobierno de Navarra · dati aggiornati a 2022