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Ibex Cave

1975 archaeological discoveriesArchaeological sites in GibraltarCaves of GibraltarLimestone cavesMousterian
Neanderthal sites
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Ibex Cave is a limestone cave on the Rock of Gibraltar which has yielded stone artifacts of Mousterian tradition. It was discovered in 1975. It is so named as an ibex skull was found within the cave which would have been hunted by the Neanderthals of Gibraltar thousands of years ago. Ibex Cave was named and excavated by the Gibraltar Museum in 1994. Its first formal description was in 1999.

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Ibex Cave
Library Ramp, Gibraltar

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N 36.134799 ° E -5.345538 °
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Upper Rock - Gibraltar Nature Reserve

Library Ramp
GX11 1AA Gibraltar
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