The Generational Ghost: Persistence, Ritual, and the “Deep History” of Des Cubierta (opens in new tab)

To the untrained eye, Level 3 of Des Cubierta looks like a chaotic jumble of bone and rock. But through the lens of a researcher, this image reveals a lithostratigraphic masterpiece. Notice the density of the horn cores in the image below. In a standard 'living' site, these would be scattered, broken, or heavily weathered. Here, they are preserved in a specific 'gallery' that the research team has identified as a non-domestic space. The lack of charcoal or widespread flint knapping debris in ...