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
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