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It will be inaugurated next Friday, February 17th at 8:30 p.m. |
The Archaeological Museum of Mazarrón Roman Factory of Salaces inaugurates next Friday at 20:30 hours the paleontological exhibition based on the site of Victoria Cave, place of international geological interest with a fossil record of great diversity, where more than 90 have been identified Species of vertebrates, being a key place in Europe for the reconstruction of the fauna of the Pleistocene Inferior.
The sample offers a selection of fossils found in the site, numerous species of vertebrates that either entered the cave or were dragged by hyenas, counting with an antiquity of about 900,000 years.
The exhibition has been organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, in collaboration with the City of Mazarrón.
Gregorio Romero, paleontologist of the Historical Patrimony Service of the Directorate General of Cultural Assets, is the curator of a sample in which also highlights the human remains previous to those of Atapuerca and that, perhaps, could belong to the first Hominids who crossed the Strait of Gibraltar.
This temporary sample also reflects the relation with the mining activity, since Cueva Victoria is also an old iron and manganese mine that was exploited between the years 1878 and 1952. It was the miners who worked in the Cerro Cartagena de San Ginés who in The nineteenth century acceded to the breach that housed the fossils.
Nevertheless, the excavations in Cueva Victoria did not begin until the decade of the 70 of the hand of the professor Jose Gibert.
The exhibition can be seen until April 16 from Wednesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sundays, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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