Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Gorham's Cave Complex' has mentioned 'Cave' in the following places:
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| Cave and archaeological site in Gibraltar; one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe | WIKI |
| Gorham's CaveView of the Alboran Sea from inside Gorham's Cave, GibraltarMap showing location of Gorham's Cave in GibraltarLocationSoutheast face of the Rock of Gibraltar, GibraltarCoordinates36xc2xb007xe2x80xb213xe2x80xb3N 5xc2xb020xe2x80xb231xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf36.120397xc2xb0N 5.342075xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 36.120397; -5.342075Coordinates: 36xc2xb007xe2x80xb213xe2x80xb3N 5xc2xb020xe2x80xb231xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf36.120397xc2xb0N 5.342075xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 36.120397; -5.342075Depth18 metres (59xc2xa0ft)Discovery1907GeologyLimestone UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameGorham's Cave ComplexTypeCulturalCriteriaiiiDesignated2016 (40th session)Referencexc2xa0no.1500State PartyUnited KingdomRegionEurope | WIKI |
| Gorham's Cave (Spanish: Cueva de Gorham, pronouncedxc2xa0[xc9xa1oxc9xbexcbx88xc3xa3m]) is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. | WIKI |
| Considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe, the cave gives its name to the Gorham's Cave complex, which is a combination of four distinct caves of such importance that they are combined into a UNESCO World Heritage site, the only one in Gibraltar. | WIKI |
| The cave is named after Captain A. Gorham of the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, who discovered it in 1907 while opening a fissure at the rear of a sea cavern. | WIKI |
| Gorham inscribed his name and the date of his discovery in lamp-black on the wall of the cave, which has borne his name ever since. | WIKI |
| After this initial discovery, it seems the cave was forgottenxe2x80x94at least at an official levelxe2x80x94as Gibraltarian historian and potholer George Palao recalls an inscription on the cave wall that read J. J. Davies 1943. | WIKI |
| Total length of this cave is approximately 100 m and at the entrance it is approximately 35 m high. | WIKI |
| Further inside the cave becomes narrower and turns per approximately 90 degrees. | WIKI |
| From the entrance of cave opens a view on the Alboran Sea. | WIKI |
| It is possible that during further research the cave will become longer. | WIKI |
| The beach below the cave (Governor's Beach) had been inaccessible from the cliffs above; however, after one episode of a tunnelling project in the rock, the beach and cave became accessible due to the pile of spoil that was created. | WIKI |
| to report artefacts of archaeological interest in the cave via the Gibraltar newspapers. | WIKI |
| Alexander was the first to excavate Gorhamxe2x80x99s Cave, before his departure from Gibraltar in 1948 after the Gibraltar Museum challenged his methods. | WIKI |
| In 1945, the governor wrote to the British Museum requesting that they continue further explorations of the cave. | WIKI |
| The floor of the cave was found to be deeply scratched in July 2012. | WIKI |
| He suggests that the scratches could have been made by modern humans and subsequently been covered by older sediments shifting within the cave. | WIKI |
| Nevertheless, it has been described as "abstract art" by Joaquxc3xadn Rodrxc3xadguez-Vidal of the University of Huelva, for whom it is "the first directly demonstrable example of an abstract work, carried out consistently and with care and requiring prolonged and concentrated work, that has been produced in a cave. | WIKI |
| In addition, the scratches are in what would have been a very visible location and would have been immediately noticeable to anyone entering the cave. | WIKI |
| Clive Finlayson of the Gibraltar Museum notes that "the engraving is at the point in the cave where the cave's orientation changes by 90 degrees" and speculates whether the scratches were related to the location: "It's almost like Clapham Junction, like it's showing an intersection. | WIKI |
| "[9] Francesco d'Errico, the director of research at CRNS, comments: "It's in a fixed location[clarification needed] so, for example, it could be something to indicate to other Neanderthals visiting the cave that somebody was already using it, or that there was a group that owned that cave. | WIKI |