Cueva de El Pendo
- Date
- 1907 · confidence medium
- Place
- Camargo, Cantabria, Spain
- Credited to
- Hermilio Alcalde del Río
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
A prehistoric cave in Cantabria (Spain), declared a World Heritage Site as part of the Altamira and Palaeolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain group; in 1907 Hermilio Alcalde del Río discovered Magdalenian engravings inside it depicting a bird and a possible horse.
Wikidata attributes the find to Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola in 1878, but the article itself dates the discovery of the engravings to 1907 by Hermilio Alcalde del Río; this more detailed version is followed here.
What it led to
- Systematic archaeological excavations revealing a highly significant stratigraphy
- Inclusion in the Altamira World Heritage group (2008)
- Expansion of the catalogue of Cantabrian Palaeolithic cave art