El Mirón Explained
Official Name: | El Mirón |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Castile and León#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain. |
Subdivision Name3: | El Mirón |
Area Total Km2: | 31.08 |
Elevation M: | 1265 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
El Mirón is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality had 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Population of El Mirón, Spain. mongabay. 27 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821044505/http://population.mongabay.com/population/spain/3123422/el-miron. 21 August 2016.
- Straus. Lawrence G.. González Morales. Manuel R.. Carretero. Jose Miguel. Marín-Arroyo. Ana Belen. "The Red Lady of El Mirón". Lower Magdalenian life and death in Oldest Dryas Cantabrian Spain: an overview. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2015. 60. 1. 134–137. 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.034. free.
- González Morales. Manuel R.. Straus. Lawrence G.. Magdalenian-age graphic activity associated with the El Mirón Cave human burial. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2015. 60. 1. 125–133. 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.025.
- News: Weiss. Daniel. The Red Lady of El Mirón. 27 July 2016. Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America. 11 August 2015.