Al·ta·mi·ra

(ăl′tə-mîr′ə, äl′tä-mē′rä)

A group of caverns of northern Spain west-southwest of Santander. The caves contain magnificent specimens of Paleolithic art discovered in 1879.

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Altamira

(Spanish altaˈmira)

(Placename) a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings

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Al•ta•mi•ra

(ˌæl təˈmɪər ə)

n.

a cave in N Spain, near Santander, noted for its Upper Paleolithic polychrome paintings of bison, deer, and pigs.

Translations

Altamira

[ˌæltəˈmiːrə] N the Altamira caves → las cuevas de Altamira

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Bishop Erwin Krautler of Altamira warned that the "pharaonic project" would have disastrous and irreversible consequences and bring "chaos and death" to the region.

Bad news

The remnants of ancient man's presence, which were not specified, were found in a hill known as Jasuka Venda by a team from the Altamira Museum, which is responsible for looking after the same-named cave containing the famous Upper Paleolithic cave paintings.

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This means books from Scarecrow Press (owner of Teacher Librarian}, AltaMira Press, and Lexington Books (to name a few}, will be available through NetLibrary, a division of Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), and Amazon's Kindle program.

E-books available from RLPG

Basell is also building a 700-million-lb Spherizone-process plant at its Indelpro joint venture in Altamira, Mexico, that will start up in 2008.

Basell moves and expands

An incredible link with the past exists in Altamira, at the nearby village of Santillana del Mar, where caves discovered by a shepherd in 1868 revealed fantastic wall paintings depictingbison, deer and men dating back 18,000 years to the higher palaeolithic era.

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