Barranco León

Barranco León is an archaeological site in an age range between 1.2 and 1.4 million of years.[1] It was found "Niño de Orce", which was the ancient archaeological record in Western Europe with 1.4 million years in the Pleistocene, and it consist on a milk tooth of a boy or girl of 10 years.[2]

Barranco León
LocationOrce
RegionProvince of Granada
Coordinates37°43′26.5620″N 02°27′02.8230″W
TypeArchaeological site
History
PeriodsPleistocene
CulturesOldowan
Site notes
Excavation dates
  • 1995
  • 1999-2000
Archaeologists
  • Josep Gibert i Clols
  • Martínez Fernández y Toro

It was excavated in 1995 by Josep Gibert i Clols and between 1999 and 2000 by Martínez Fernández y Toro. The type of lithic industry found consists on 150 pieces of lithic flake and flint from the Mode 1.[3]

Among the large mammals, it was found Hippopotamus antiquus, Equus altidens, Felidae cf. Homotherium sp., Megaloceros sp. and Bovini gen. et indet.[3]

The site is listed by the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España as AND331.[4]

References
  1. Casado Rodríguez, Aroa (2015). Grado en arqueología. Estudio de la distribución espacial del yacimiento arqueológico de Barranco León (Orce, Granada) (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad de Barcelona. p. 9. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. "Barranco León: Yacimiento Paleontológico". Portal de la comarca de Huescar (in Spanish). 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. Toro Moyano, Isidro; Agustí i Ballester, Jordi; Turq, Alain; Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido; Oriol Oms Llobet, Josep (2000). "Los yacimientos del Pleistoceno inferior de Barranco León y Fuente Nueva 3 de Orce (Granada). Contribución al conocimiento del primer poblamiento humano de Europa". SPAL. Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Sevilla. 9 (9): 179–188. doi:10.12795/spal.2000.i9.09. ISSN 1133-4525.
  4. "AND331:Yacimiento paleontológico de Barranco León-5". Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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