Rare sperm whale tooth unearthed at Copper Age megasite sheds light on ancient human-sea connections

Rare sperm whale tooth unearthed at Copper Age megasite sheds light on ancient human-sea connections

An extraordinary discovery was made at the Valencina Copper Age mega-site in southwest Spain, which has captured the attention of a team of Spanish researchers—a rare sperm whale tooth uncovered in 2018 during excavations at the Nueva Biblioteca sector.

Rare sperm whale tooth unearthed at Valencina Copper Age megasite reveals ancient Iberian coastal connections

An exceptional archaeological discovery at the Copper Age mega-site of Valencina in south-west Spain provides fresh insight into prehistoric Iberian populations’ relation to the sea. Spanish archaeologists discovered a rare sperm whale tooth during a 2018 excavation at the Nueva Biblioteca sector, estimated to be the first ever discovered in Late Prehistoric Iberia. Dating between […]