Altamira cave

Social Sciences, Prehistory.

1. ALTAMIRA CAVE. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Spain By Lucía de Gracia and Nicolás Fernández 4º B

2. ALTAMIRA CAVE. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Spain In 1879, archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and his eight-year-old daughter María discovered the cave's drawings.

3. ALTAMIRA CAVE. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Spain

4. ALTAMIRA CAVE Bisons in different positions are most common. There are other animals : horses, red deer and boar.

5. ALTAMIRA CAVE The animal figures are painted to almost life-size scale, the red deer is 2.20m long.

6. ALTAMIRA CAVE Other drawings , show humans with animal heads as well as different signs, such as hands or comb-and steps.