An exceptional 100,000-year-old palaeontological site unearthed in Arrasate

The Artazu VII site was discovered in 2012 by quarry workers after carrying out a blasting operation. When they spotted the presence of a great many fossil remains in the clay that filled the cave, they halted the work and contacted Alvaro Arrizabalaga of the Department of Geography, Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of the Basque Country. After confirming the importance of the site, Arrizabalaga and Maria Jose Iriarte decided in 2013 to carry out an emergency excavation in collaboration with the company to retrieve the bone remains.

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