Vanguard Caveanthropological and archaeological site, Spain

Main

Aspects of this topic are discussed in the following places at Britannica.

Assorted References

  • Gibraltar remains ( in Gibraltar remains )

    Four sites in particular have produced archaeological and paleoanthropological evidence of occupation: Forbes’ Quarry, Devil’s Tower, Gorham’s Cave, and Vanguard Cave. The first locality yielded the second Neanderthal fossil ever discovered, the skull of an older adult female; though found in 1848, it was not announced to science until 1865. In 1926 the second site yielded a Paleolithic tool...

Citations

MLA Style:

"Vanguard Cave." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 08 Jan. 2009 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1231852/Vanguard-Cave>.

APA Style:

Vanguard Cave. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 08, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1231852/Vanguard-Cave

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Link to this article and share the full text with the readers of your Web site or blog-post.

If you think a reference to this article on "Vanguard Cave" will enhance your Web site, blog-post, or any other web-content, then feel free to link to this article, and your readers will gain full access to the full article, even if they do not subscribe to our service.

You may want to use the HTML code fragment provided below.

copy link

We welcome your comments. Any revisions or updates suggested for this article will be reviewed by our editorial staff. Contact us here.

Regular users of Britannica may notice that this comments feature is less robust than in the past. This is only temporary, while we make the transition to a dramatically new and richer site. The functionality of the system will be restored soon.

A-Z Browse

Image preview