El Mirón Cave

The El Mirón Cave is a large cave in the upper Asón River valley towards the eastern end of Cantabria in northern Spain [1]. It is an archeological site in Ramales de la Victoria [1]. It is known for a skeleton belonging to a woman nicknamed The Red Lady of El Mirón [1]. She is estimated to have died around 18,700 years ago, during the Upper Paleolithic (Magdalenian) [1]. The cave was discovered in 1903 by amateur archaeologists Hermilio Alcalde del Río and Lorenzo Sierra [1]. It contains a rich collection of Upper Paleolithic art [1]. The first systematic excavation started only in 1996 [1]. The Red Lady was discovered in 2010 [1].