Cave of El Castillo
Cueva de El Castillo
- Date
- 1903 · confidence high
- Place
- Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain
- Credited to
- Hermilio Alcalde del Río
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Spanish archaeologist Hermilio Alcalde del Río discovered the Cave of El Castillo in 1903, in Puente Viesgo (Cantabria), with a sequence of rock art spanning from the Aurignacian to the Bronze Age, including some of the oldest red discs known in Europe.
What it led to
- Chronology of Cantabrian cave art
- Uranium-thorium dating of Palaeolithic paintings
- Protection of the Monte Castillo cave complex