Sala Keimada
Another Palaeolithic sanctuary in Cueva Palomera at Ojo Guareña (Burgos, Spain)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19488586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ana Isabel Ortega-Martínez (0000-0002-4034-0128, Real Academia Española, corresponding author), Miguel Ángel Martín-Merino (Sociedad Española de Nefrología), Francisco Ruiz-García (Sociedad Española de Nefrología), M Á Galindo-Pellicena (0000-0003-3331-1043, Universidad de Alcalá), Marco Vidal‐cordasco (0000-0002-0595-0633, University of Cambridge), Marcos García-Diez (0000-0001-7923-5280, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Pages | 105818 |
| Publication date | 2026-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Archaeological Science Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2352-409X • E-ISSN: 2352-4103 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105818 |
| OpenAlex | W7162208900 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
Cueva Palomera is the main entrance to the Ojo Guareña Karst System, one of the longest caves in Europe. Since 2016, the investigation of its main archaeological sites has recommenced with the goal of determining the chronological sequence of the occupation of the cave. After the publication of radiocarbon dates for Sala Cartón and the Sala de las Pinturas, and for the area of the Sala and Galería de las Huellas ( Ortega et al., 2020 , Ortega et al., 2021a , Ortega et al., 2021b ), the present article turns to Sala Keimada, one of the main sites in Cueva Palomera with rock art. The new study has confirmed the Palaeolithic chronology proposed earlier ( Ortega et al., 2013 , Ortega and Martín, 2015 ) based on the stylistic similarity of the geometric figures to the triangles in the Sala de las Pinturas. It has equally confirmed the repeated entries to the interior of the cave in different prehistoric times, when new graphic motifs were added, while respecting the position of the previous representations, reaffirming the symbolic nature of the site during several thousand years, despite its hidden location and difficult access
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |