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Lapa do Picareiro

The Lapa do Picareiro is a natural cave and prehistoric archaeological site located on the northern slopes of the Serra de Aire mountains in the Ribatejo region of Portugal. It contains the oldest human artifacts ever recovered in the western Iberian peninsula, which provide evidence of human occupation of the area dating back at least 38,000 years BP.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in Portugal

  1. São Vicente Caves1 km
  2. Artificial caves of Alapraia
  3. Artificial caves of Casal do Pardo
  4. Cavalum Caves
  5. Cave of Aroeira

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