The Cave of Teeth in Catalonia, Spain: An Ancient Burial Site Reveals Secrets

The Cau de les Dents, located in Torroella de Montgrí, Catalonia, Spain, dates back to the Late Bronze Age. It is one of several prehistoric burial sites found in the Montgrí massif. The entrance to the cave, about four meters wide, leads to a space on the right side with a slope towards the inside and on the left side a short curved gallery that curves to the right with a slope towards the outside. In 1975, local scholars Josep Vert and Joan Torró confirmed the discovery of human teeth made by Cel Sais.

Three years later, a campaign of exploration began, revealing various items, including several river cobbles of quartz and quartzite, a fragment of a skull, human jawbone fragments, other bones, human milk teeth, a limonite pendant, large beads of steatite and calcite, fragments of pottery, two arrowhead tips of flint, a key and a ring, both of bronze. Among the surrounding lands, many pieces had fallen from the cave and were sifted by the nearby tarteras (pedrigos). Among these pieces, fragments of stone axes with handle holes were found, a first mention in the massif.

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