Nuevos restos humanos procedentes de la Cueva de la Zarzamora (Segovia, España)

The present paper reports the recently recovered human bone remains from the Cueva de la Zarzamora in the southernmost limits of the Castilian Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula (Segovia, Spain). A total of two teeth and nine human bones from the trunk, pelvis and foot regions have been recovered. A complete inventory, metrical and morphological study has been carried out. All this remains could correspond to a single individual and its age-of-death was very likely around 10 years old. The direct radiocarbon dating of one of the rib fragments using ultrafiltration pre-treatment protocols has provided a date of 4749 ± 34 years BP which would place these remains in the Chalcolithic archaeological period. This piece of evidence is of great relevance, taking into account the scarcity of human bone remains of this age in this region of the Iberian Peninsula.