Also known as Gran Dolina

Where: Castilla-Leon, Spain (42.4° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 3.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• TD6 dated between 0.99Ma (Jaramillo) and the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (0.78Ma), uppermost level of TD6 is the Aurora Stratum, containing Homo antecessor remains). Plans and maps given in Carbonell et al. (1999).

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; gravel

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: bulk,

• Material currently held in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid and Laboratori de Arqeologia de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona. They will be permanently stored in the Museo de Burgos.

Primary reference: E. Carbonell, M. Esteban, A. Martin Najera, M. Mosquera, X.P. Rodriguez, A. Olle, R. Sala, J.M. Verges, J.M. Bermudez Castro and A.I. Ortega. 1999. The Pleistocene site of Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain: a history of the archaeological investigations. Journal of Human Evolution 1999(37):313-324 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 34870: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 09.10.2003, edited by Loredana Macaluso

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