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Lagar Velho is a rock-shelter in the Lapedo valley, a limestone canyon 13 km from the centre of Leiria, in the municipality of Leiria, in central Portugal. The site is known for the discovery of a 24,000-year-old Cro-Magnon child,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Lagar Velho 1 Skeleton )〕 later referred to as the ''Lapedo child''. ==History== In archaeological terms, the site is known to integrate a stratigraphic sequence representative of much of the Upper Paleolithic human occupations of the region (between about 30,000 and 20,000 years), gathering at various levels respective traces and carved lithic remnants, associated with coeval faunal elements. In 1998, the discovery of an early Upper Paleolithic human burial site in the valley has provided evidence of early modern humans in southern Iberia. The remains, the largely complete skeleton of an approximately 4-year-old child, was buried with a pierced shell and red ochre (dated to circa 24,500 years B.P.).〔 The cranium, mandible, dentition, and postcrania appear to present a mosaic of European early modern human and Neanderthal features,〔 although this interpretation is disputed.〔〔(''Chunky Gravettian child''; Ian Tattersall and Jeffrey H. Schwartz )〕 If the child was indeed a hybrid of anatomically modern humans and homo neanderthalensis, there could be significant implications regarding the Neanderthal interaction with Cro-Magnons and the taxonomical classification of these (possibly sub-) species.〔 In addition to the burial context, recent archaeological campaigns have uncovered various levels of a Gravettian habitat, identifying an excellent state of preservation and original spatial organization.〔 It is anticipated that archaeological museum, to be constructed in the Convent of Santo Agostinho ((ポルトガル語:Convento de Santo Agostinho)), in the city of Leiria, will house the skeletal remains.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abrigo do Lagar Velho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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