El Mirón
| El Mirón, Spain | |||
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The bottom of the mountain El Miron | |||
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| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Castile and León | ||
| Province | Ávila | ||
| Municipality | El Mirón | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 31 km2 (12 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 198 | ||
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
El Mirón is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 198 inhabitants. The number increased to 207 in 2012.[1]
The name came into attention upon the discovery an Upper Paleolithic (Magdalenian) skeleton in 2015 from the El Mirón Cave. The skeleton was that of a woman and is coated with ochre (a red pigment), hence she is nicknamed The Red Lady of El Mirón.[2] The woman is about 35 to 40 years of age, and was buried around 18,700 years ago.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Population of El Mirón, Spain". mongabay. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Straus, Lawrence G.; González Morales, Manuel R.; Carretero, Jose Miguel; Marín-Arroyo, Ana Belen (2015). ""The Red Lady of El Mirón". Lower Magdalenian life and death in Oldest Dryas Cantabrian Spain: an overview". Journal of Archaeological Science. 60 (1): 134–137. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.034.
- ↑ González Morales, Manuel R.; Straus, Lawrence G. (2015). "Magdalenian-age graphic activity associated with the El Mirón Cave human burial". Journal of Archaeological Science. 60 (1): 125–133. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.025.
- ↑ Weiss, Daniel (11 August 2015). "The Red Lady of El Mirón". Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Coordinates: 40°32′N 5°24′W / 40.533°N 5.400°W
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