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Aurignacian Structural Features and Burials at Cueva Morín (Santander, Spain)

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THE discovery of what seems to be the foundation of a hut, an alignment of six post holes, and two graves, one of which contains human remains in a remarkable state of preservation, provides important new information about the earliest Aurignacian occupation of northern Spain.

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FREEMAN, L., ECHEGARAY, J. Aurignacian Structural Features and Burials at Cueva Morín (Santander, Spain). Nature 226, 722–726 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226722a0

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