Photo Archives: Paleolithic Art in Northern Spain
Santián
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- Commentary by César González Sainz & Roberto Cacho Toca, Univ. of Cantabria.
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Santián
Cueva de Santián is located near the village of Velo, in the municipal district of Piélagos. Its geographical location shows certain characteristics which are repeated in other sites corresponding to the late Würm. The lower course of the River Pas flows quite close to the cave, about 1km away, and the estuary and present coast are just 5km away. The distance separating Cueva de Santián from the Bay of Santander is also relatively short, about 8km. However, during the Würm glaciation, sea level was about 100m lower than today, and the cave would have been 13km from the coastline then. Although the position of Santián, on the ridge between the valleys of the Pas and the Miera, was very good from the strategic point of view, the direction of the entrance, which faces north-east, and its narrowness and humidity, could not have encouraged its prolonged use as a habitat, especially in a region that is so rich in open, available caves.
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[References]
Alcalde del Rio, H.; Breuil, H.; Sierra, L. 1911. Les cavernes de la region Cantabrique. A. Chene, Monaco.
Moure, A. 1991-92. Documentación del arte rupeste cantábrico: la cueva de Santián (Piélagos, Cantabria). Zephyrus 44-45, pp 7 - 15.
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Photographed by Takeo Fukazawa & Co-Project Team of Texnai Inc. and the University of Cantabria
Commentary by César González Sainz & Roberto Cacho Toca, Univ. of Cantabria
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