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A Palaeolithic calotte found in Ribadesella is donated to the Archaeological Museum
A Palaeolithic calotte found in Ribadesella is donated to the Archaeological Museum The donated collection, which includes 17 Palaeolithic remains, was found by José Antonio Sánchez Feliz and is in a very good state of conservation, having been carefully protected by the family over the years. La Voz de Asturias 13 Oct 2022 The Archaeological Museum of Asturias has received a donation of Palaeolithic pieces from the family of José Antonio Sánchez Feliz. The lot includes a complete human skull with all the skull bones, found by Sánchez Feliz's father in 1947 in the cave of La Lloseta, in Ribadesella. According to the Government of the Principality, the analyses carried out by Rodrigo de BalbÃn and José Javier Alcolea place the calotte - the upper part of the cranial vault - at the end of the Upper Palaeolithic period. Over the years, José Antonio Sánchez Prieto made several forays into the area and found valuable archaeological artefacts in La Lloseta, in the Ardines massif. The collection that his son is now donating to the Archaeological Museum includes 17 Palaeolithic remains. In addition to the aforementioned human cranial vault, there are also remains of antlers and bones from different herbivores and a blackish flint biface found in the vicinity of the cave at the end of 1967. These are pieces found from the 1940s to the end of the 1960s in this enclave in RÃos de la RÃos. The material is in a very good state of conservation, as it was carefully wrapped and protected by the family during all these years. The donation was formalised this week, reports Europa Press. |
