Cueva de los Casares
Cave and archaeological site in Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cueva de los Casares is a cave in Riba de Saelices (Province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). Discovered in 1933, it contains a number of paleolithic cave paintings, and is most notable for a series of paintings depicting what some have argued is the earliest representation of human understanding of the reproductive process, featuring images of copulation (perhaps mediated by a mysterious shaman figure), pregnancy, childbirth, and family life. Mammoths and other animals feature frequently in the illustrations. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1935.[1]
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| Cueva de los Casares | |
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| Native name Cueva de los Casares (Spanish) | |
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| Location | Riba de Saelices, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40.9575°N 2.290928°W |
| Official name | Cueva de los Casares |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 1935 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0001089 |
  Location of Cueva de los Casares in Spain | |
There are many representations of animals, anthropomorphs (human-like figures), and ideograms (including penises, vulvas, tools, and more abstract images).
The cave and its paintings are little known to scholars outside Spain.
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