Lapa do Picareiro
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The Lapa do Picareiro is a natural cave and prehistoric archaeological site located on the northern slopes of the Serra de Aire mountains in the Ribatejo region of Portugal. It contains the oldest human artifacts ever recovered in the western Iberian peninsula, which provide evidence of human occupation of the area dating back at least 38,000 years BP.
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Location: 39.5317, -8.6542, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
16 places
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Alviela Cave ⓘ
cave in Portugal -
Cave of Aroeira ⓘ
cave and archaeological site in Portugal -
Gruta da Marmota ⓘ
cultural heritage monument in Alcanena, Portugal -
Gruta da Nascente do Almonda ⓘ
cultural heritage monument in Torres Novas, Portugal -
Gruta do Caldeirão ⓘ
cultural heritage monument in Tomar, Portugal -
Grutas da Moeda ⓘ
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Grutas de Mira de Aire ⓘ
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Grutas de Santo António ⓘ
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Grutas existentes na freguesia de Lapas ⓘ
cultural heritage monument in Torres Novas, Portugal -
Lapa do Picareiro ⓘ
prehistoric archaeological site in Alcanena, in the Ribatejo region, of Portugal -
Lapedo Valley ⓘ
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Moinhos Velhos ⓘ
cultural heritage monument in Porto de Mós, Portugal -
Pedreira Histórica de Pidiogo ⓘ
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Pedreira Histórica de Valinho do Rei ⓘ
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Pedreira Histórica do Caramulo ⓘ
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Mina de Carvão das Barrojeiras ⓘ
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- Archaeofaunal records of MIS 3 and 2 environmental change in Lapa do Picareiro (Portugal) - scholarly article, 2012
- The early Aurignacian at Lapa do Picareiro really is that old: A comment on ‘The late persistence of the Middle Palaeolithic and Neandertals in Iberia: A review of the evidence for and against the “Ebro Frontier” model’ - scholarly article, 2021
- Human adaptive responses to climate and environmental change during the Gravettian of Lapa do Picareiro (Portugal) - scholarly article, 2021
- Late Pleistocene site formation and paleoclimate at Lapa do Picareiro, Portugal - , 2019
- Neanderthal palaeoecology in the late Middle Palaeolithic of western Iberia: a stable isotope analysis of ungulate teeth from Lapa do Picareiro (Portugal) - scholarly article, 2021
- Hunter–gatherer subsistence at the end of the Pleistocene: preliminary results from Picareiro Cave, Central Portugal - , 2000
- The Gravettian-Solutrean transition in westernmost Iberia: New data from the sites of Vale Boi and Lapa do Picareiro - scholarly article, 2021
- Correlating Cave Sediment Properties and Late Pleistocene Paleoclimate at Lapa do Picareiro, Portugal - scholarly article, 2017
- Geoarchaeology of Lapa do Picareiro: Linking the Sedimentological, Paleoenvironmental, and Cultural Chronologies from a Paleolithic Cave in Portugal - scholarly article, 2016
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | cave | Alviela Cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Cave of Aroeira | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta da Marmota | cultural heritage, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta da Nascente do Almonda | grotto, archaeological site, cultural heritage | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta do Caldeirão | cultural heritage, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grutas da Moeda | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grutas de Mira de Aire | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grutas de Santo António | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Grutas existentes na freguesia de Lapas | archaeological site, cultural heritage, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Lapa do Picareiro | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Lapedo Valley | rock shelter, grave, valley | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Moinhos Velhos | cultural heritage, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Pedreira Histórica de Pidiogo | cultural heritage, quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Pedreira Histórica de Valinho do Rei | cultural heritage, quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Pedreira Histórica do Caramulo | cultural heritage, quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | 1854 | Mina de Carvão das Barrojeiras | coal mine, cultural heritage | Wikidata |