Tag: Prehistory
Santimamiñe Cave, presented in Argentina
Digital journal INFOBAE has just published an article about Santimamiñe Cave and its paintings
The “footprint” left behind 30,000 years ago by mammoth hunters in...
New archeological work by the Univ. of the Basque Country at Isturitz Cave provides more evidence that humans were hunting mammoths 30,000 years ago
Preconceptions of “national essence” when discussing the Ezkuzta Magdalenian sticks
A few days ago, we came across an article on several sites about a study carried out by a group of Basque scientists on...
The “Basque influence” on the prehistory of Easter Island
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
A while back, we blogged about the story of the king of the Moluku Islands who, in the...
The Basque shepherd dog, a very old and intelligent breed (a...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
A while back, we blogged about this race of dogs. We’re doing so again today because of an...
UPV/EHU & Oxford: Burials, eating, and social structures 5,000 years ago
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
We never cease to be amazed at Science’s ability to reach huge conclusions through the smallest details. In...
The discovery of prehistory etchings in Armintxe has become a global...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
In the last few years, the names of Bicayne caves have been showing up in media all over...
Artists triumph around the world only 14,000 years after creating their...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
All who’ve read Jean M. Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear have discovered the magic and profound...
The extensive “economic area” of San Sebastian 25,000 years ago
About 25,000 years ago, in the Late Stone Age, a group of Cro-Magnons established a campsite at modern-day San Sebastian, and kept it running...
A 25,000-year-old pendant found in a Basque cave
A decorative and practical pendant has been found in Irakaitznear Zestoa, and dated to 25,000 years ago