Fossilized soot and charcoal make it possible to reconstruct the history of the Nerja cave
Image composition of the materials. (A) Black mark (dating number 33). (B) Micro-charcoal inside fixed lamp (dating number 43). (C) Scattered charcoals (dating number 54). (D) GN16-08 stalagmite section. The red arrows point to one of the samples, analyzed both by TEM–EDX and Raman micro-spectroscopy. Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32544-1
A new study reveals that Nerja is the European cave…