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Abstract The excellent state of conservation of the altar from the 7th century BC, found in 1997 in the protohistoric sanctuary of Caura (Cerro de San Juan, Coria del Río, Seville), advised its complete extraction for its exhibition in the Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla. The material obtained by this procedure was subjected to geological, archaeobotanicaland archeozoological analysis. The aim of all of them is determining the origin, nature, and disposition of the construction materials of the ritual piece and interpreting its natural environment. The results of the different analyzes coincide in the use of clean substrates for the construction of the altar, corroborating the initial historical hypothesis and providing paleoenvironmental information.
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1 Laboratorio de Paleontología y Paleobiología, Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico Avda. de los Descubrimientos, s/n, 41092 Sevilla
2 Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Antropología, Universidad de Huelva Campus de «El Carmen», Avda. de las Fuerzas Armadas s/n, 21007 Huelva
3 Departamento de Geografía Física y Análisis Geográfico Regional Universidad de Sevilla Doña Marí de Padilla, s/n, 41004 Sevilla