Site Represents a site. Prim Media 370 Contact mcim1@st-andrews.ac.uk Status public Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc cave Condition 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cave of Altamira Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived worldheritagelayer Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource mcim1 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 284 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,43.37694125362271,-4.119761466718046; Description An account of the resource The Cave of Altamira, located in the Spanish region of Cantabria, contains some of the oldest wall art known to man, with some of the paintings dating as far back as the Upper Palaeolithic period over 36,000 years ago. Around 13,000 years ago a rock fall sealed the cave’s entrance, preserving its contents until a nearby tree fell and disturbed the fallen rocks. Discovered in 1868, the cave was investigated further by a local nobleman that, alongside the art, unearthed a number of animal bones and stone tools. Due to its isolation from external climactic influences, the cave’s wall art is particularly well preserved in comparison to other prehistoric art that has been discovered. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 15/05/2021 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Subject The topic of the resource Immovable Culture Heritage Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Cave of Altamira Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT