Roca dels Bous - Archaeological Site

Roca dels Bous is an archaeological site located in Sant Llorenç de Montgai, in the Catalan Pyrenees, Spain [1]. Since 1988 the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the UCL Institute of Archaeology study and record the fossil sequence of southern European Neanderthals who inhabited the area during the Middle Paleolithic approximately 50,000 years ago [1]. The site was declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest in 2015 [1]. The site is located 6 mi north of the city of Balaguer, Province of Lleida in northeast Spain, above the river Segre at a height of 286 m in the Pyrenees foothills [1]. Excavation probes yielded especially flint and quartzite artifacts typical of Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals [1]. In the excavation sequence, that reached a depth of 1.5 m, bones from various animals of different ecosystems that were part of the diet of Neanderthal groups were found [1].