Ambrona

A Lower Palaeolithic site in Soria, central Spain, first discovered before World War II. Ambrona probably dates 300,000-400,000 years ago, from the end of the Mindel glacial period. Its occupants hunted elephants, deer, and bovines though the horse was the most common animal in the area. There are stone hand axes, scrapers, and cleavers of the Acheulian type and similar to some African sites were made from chalcedony, quartzite, quartz, and limestone. Points were fashioned from young elephant tusks. Pieces of charcoal show that fire was used.

One of a pair of Lower Palaeolithic sites (sccTorralba) in the province of Soria, central Spain. First discovered by the Marques de Cerralbo before World War I, Ambrona was extensively excavated in the early 1960s. The occupants hunted mainly elephants of the species Elephas antiquus and also deer and bovines, but at a higher level the horse was by far the most common animal. The hunters made stone hand axes and cleavers of Acheulian type reminiscent of some African sites. The occupation probably dates from the end of the Mindel or Elster glacial period, possibly some 300,000-400,000 years ago.