Creation and musealization of Calvero de la Higuera Archeological Park (Pinilla del Valle, Community of Madrid), in the Lozoya High Valley: the Neanderthals Valley

Abstract

The Pinilla del Valle sites, located in the High Lozoya Valley, are a unique enclave to know more about the way of life and environment of Homo neanderthalensis during the Late Pleistocene. Its singularity lies on the existence of at least five archaeological sites with different models of occupation in a same promontory of 3 has. The Calvero de la Higuera Archaeological Park has been opened in 2015. It will act as a meeting point of those who are interested in our most remote past, as well as a good impulse for the valley economy. Its 80 km north location from Madrid and into the peripheral protected area of the National Park of Sierra de Guadarrama is other incentives to sum to its cultural importance.