La Garma Cave Complex

The La Garma cave complex is a parietal art-bearing paleoanthropological cave system in Cantabria, Spain [1]. The cave complex is noted for one of the best preserved floors from the Paleolithic containing more than 4,000 fossils and more than 500 graphical units [1]. The Lower Gallery of La Garma is situated at 59 m above sea level and is around 300 m in length [1]. It was discovered in November 1995 [1]. Its original entrance was sealed during the Pleistocene by a rockslide about 16,000 years ago, preserving the cave floor in a pristine manner [1]. La Garma is notable for its rich repository of Magdalenian portable art found in The Lower Gallery [1]. The most outstanding artefact is a backward-facing ibex depiction carved onto a bovine rib spatula [1]. The peculiar remains of five Visigothic youths were found deep in the cave system [1].