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Santián
cave is located in the town of Puente Arce and was
discovered by Mr. Manuel Santián arround 1880, during
the construction of a road that left an open access to
the cave. Although the parietal evidences were not
recognized untill 1905, when the cave was visited by
Alcalde del Rio, who published his conclusions in 1911 in
"Les Cavernes de la Region Cantabrique". In 1989, A. Moure Romanillo, professor of
prehistory of the University of Cantabria, brought out
the restudy of the cavity. In his works he has
differentiated 2 groups. The first one is in the room
known as "Sala del Caballo" (Horse
room), because of a stain, naturaly originated, on the
wall that looks like a horse. In this room, there are two
long red signs, one of which is branched out in its
superior part. The second group is located in a terminal
room where a panel with 15 red vertical signs,
some of which are branched out in its superior part. Face
to face to this panel,one puntuation and a x-shaped sign
are preserved. In a third panel there are two yuxtaposted
puntuations.
It is very hard to stablish in what
moment of the Upper Palaeolithic these signs were made.
Similar representations are preserved in La Pasiega A
gallery, and it can be situated in the Solutrean.
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