• Title of article

    A Cave Occupied by Cave Bears for Thousands of Years in the Sobrarbe- Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark (Huesca, Aragon, Spain)

  • Author/Authors

    Rabal-Garcés, Raquel Geopirene S.C. - Sancho Ramírez 3 - 22700 Jaca, Huesca, Spain , Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA - Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de Zaragoza - C/ Pedro Cerbuna, Spain , Canudo, José Ignacio Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA - Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de Zaragoza - C/ Pedro Cerbuna, Spain

  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    710
  • To page
    719
  • Abstract
    The Sobrarbe-Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark shows an extremely welldeveloped underground karst relief as a result of the great abundance and thickness of its limestone formations. The most important Pleistocene vertebrate site within the Geopark is Coro Tracito Cave at Tella. The fossil association is made up exclusively of bones belonging to Ursus spelaeus from the upper Pleistocene, accumulated over several thousand years. Based on scientific analysis of the fossil bones, an interesting public outreach project has been organized, involving the refurbishment of the site within the cave and the creation of a permanent exhibition called the Tella Cave Bear Museum. These two infrastructures are visited by thousands of tourists each year and constitute the main geoscientific tourist attraction of the Sobrarbe-Pirineos Geopark.
  • Keywords
    Pleistocene , Cave , Geopark , Cave Bear , Geoconservation
  • Journal title
    Geoconservation Research
  • Serial Year
    2021
  • Record number

    2702930