The Atapuerca Hills: A Singular Place
The strategic location and a complex cave system were determining factors in the selection of this area as a home by the first hominid groups.
Sierra de Atapuerca is an area of gently rolling hills located in the eastern pat of the Province of Burgos. It is part of the so-called “Estrecho de Burgos” (Straight of Burgos), which lies between the Ebro and Duero River Basins and constitutes a natural corridor connecting the Iberian Mountain System and the Basque-Cantabrian Mountain Range.
Geologically, it is comprised of limestone, sandy soil and sandstone forming a very old paleokarst system with caves and dolina formations where hominids lived and died thousands of years ago.
Sierra de Atapuerca are gently rolling hills located between the towns of Atapuerca and Ibeas de Juarros
Locations of Burgos within the Iberian Peninsula and Atapuerca hills situation (in green) related to Burgos.
"Straight of Burgos" aerial view, a natural corridor located between the Ebro and Duero River Basins.