The Cova Gran de Santa Linya cave, discovered in 2002, lies two kilometers from the village of Santa Linya in the municipality of Les Avellanes i Santa Linya, Catalonia. With a surface area of 2,500 square meters, it is one of the largest overhanging caves in the region, declared a Bé Cultural d'Interès Nacional in 2013. This archaeological site is significant for understanding the transition from the disappearance of Neanderthal populations to the appearance of modern humans (Homo sapiens).
The site, excavated since 2004, reveals a cultural sequence with levels of occupation that include key events such as the transition from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic, the extinction of Neanderthals, and their relationship with the presence of the first modern humans. Other processes found at the site include human presence after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), as well as the consolidation of the Neolithic.
The Cova Gran de Santa Linya cave remains an important archaeological site contributing to our understanding of European prehistory.
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