Back to 1964: new data on the Solutrean at Cova Rosa (Asturias, Spain)

Abstract

The archaeological site of Cova Rosa (Sardéu, Ribadesella, Asturias) was excavated in 1958 and 1959 by Francisco Jordá Cerdá, professor of Prehistory at the University of Salamanca, who documented three layers (2, 3 and 4) that he ascribed to the Magdalenian and a further three layers (6, 7 and 8) attributed to the Solutrean. They were separated by a layer of clasts (Layer 5). The deposit was excavated again by Professor Jordá and Alejandro Gómez Fuentes between 1975 and 1979, when they concentrated on the Magdalenian occupations. However, between these two fieldwork seasons, Professor Jordá carried out another, little-known excavation in 1964. The results of this research are published in this article. It has been studied now thanks to his excavation logbook, and the discovery of the archaeological remains which are mostly stored at the Department of Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Salamanca, but also at the Asturias Archaeological Museum. This work presents the study of the archaeological remains from the Solutrean levels (II and III) documented during the 1964 fieldwork.