- What's its structure like?
- They used Dots and stripes.
- Anthropomorph with deer's head, possibly a shaman.
We don't know if they had a religion or a belief in gods, but it seems that they were magical type of beliefs related to hunting and fecundity.
Have they found any prehistoric tools or human remains?
No they haven't found any prehistoric
tool and they have neither found any human remain.
- They could survive because they had the water of a river and lots of animals and vegetation surrounding the cave so they had lots of food.
- The inhabitants of the Paleolithic Period were very obsessed with animals because is the main thing for them to eat so if they don't have animals, they don't have food.
- They liked the animals because they were their food.
- They were supersticious.
- So the descendants knew how they lived.
- Comparing them to us: Phisically they were stronger, faster, and they could even run longer distances. We have the same brain size as theme. (1.500cm3) They were very smart.
- They were nomads, they moved to a different place looking for animals to hunt.
What is the climate like?
- This is a image of the climograph of Riclones (the town of the cave)
More information about the paintings
- Are the paintings inside or outside the cave?
- The paintings are inside the cave.
- What are the approximate dates of the paintings?
- The approximate date of the
painting are around 17.000 years.
they mainly made the colors
out of blood, ash, soil, coal and
animal fat and eggs to mix.
- The interior of the cave consist of a linear gallery about 50 meters finishing in a gap of aproximately of 5 meters deep.
Analysis of the paintings
- The paintings are located in the inner part of the cave. They are all at the end, before the end.
- Archeologist are not sure
what does this
pianting represents.
The climate was colder in that times
- Colours: reddish.
- Style: realistic.
- subjects: solitary figures. (animals)
- Animals: bisons, deers, fishes and bovines.
- There are no humans represented.
Where is it?
- Chufín cave is located in a village called Riclones.
- Riclones is a little village in Cantabria (Spain).
- Those are the coordenates: 43°17'26''N 4°27'29''O
Is it a difficult place to reach?
- It is not a difficult place to reach but to enter the cave you have to climb a path.
These are the animals
Which animals inhabitated the surroundings?
what was the vegetation like?
Was it or is it near a river or a lake?
- The cave is near river Nansa and river Lamsón.
This is the forest that surrounds the cave.
- Bisons, deers, wild horses and bovines inhabitated the surroundings, they were also lots of fishes.
- There was lots of vegetation and big forests.
This little pool was made by the creation of an artificial lagoon called la palombera
Description of the cave.
How is it?
Those are some examples of the drawing inside the cave
- Chufín cave is one of the most beautiful prehistoric caves in Cantabria, it has some very well preserved paintings.
- Archaeologist confirmed the paintings represented deers, bisons, fishes and bovines
- Chufín cave is near a cliff, the inside and outside of the cave have both incredible landscapes.
- It also has a little pool with very clear water, it is prohibited to swim in it.
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Paleolithic caves