Neanderthal and carnivore occupations in Pinilla del Valle (Community of Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

An assemblage of archaeological and palaeontological sites dated in the late Middle and Late Pleistocene has been found in Pinilla del Valle (Comunidad of Madrid, Spain), some of them are correspondent with Homo nenderthalensis habitation places and other are Crocuta crocuta dens. These sites are located in the cavities of a carbonated karstic system, in a promontory of the field called El Calvero de la Higuera. This communication informes about the discoveries and emphasizes the importance of the interdisciplinary studies to know the possible competition relationship, to have access to herbivores, between the different groups of large predators sharing the same territory, the high Valley of Lozoya river.