Torralba and Ambrona - Archaeological Site

Two Lower Paleolithic archaeological and paleontological sites in the Province of Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain, at least 350,000 years old. The sites preserve Acheulean stone tool assemblages including hand axes, cleavers, and racloirs, made from flint, quartzite, limestone, and quartz. Elephant remains are the most represented fauna across most levels. First excavated by the Marquis of Cerralbo (1909-1914), later by F. Clark Howell in the 1960s, and CENIEH campaigns continue to the present. Research has shown the sites were not contemporaneous, with Torralba dating 300,000-200,000 years ago.