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zafarraya cave  

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  • Zafarraya is a Mousterian site located within the El Boquete de Zafarraya (The Zafarraya Pass) of the Sierra Tejeda Mountains in the northeastern portion of the Malagá province of southern Spain, near the border of the town of Alcaucin. Five layers of archaeological material typed to the Mousterian were identified during initial excavations (1980–1983) by Cecilio Barroso-Ruiz and P. Medina Lara. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Zafarraya Cave]

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