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Centella Cave

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Centella Cave (Spanish: Cueva Centella) is an archeological site Cuba. It is located 1.2 km south of the Vía Blanca highway, west of Matanzas, not far from the Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport.[1]

LocationCárdenas Municipality, Cuba
NearestcityMatanzas, Cuba
Coordinates23°01′18.5″N 81°28′30.0″W
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Centella Cave
Centella Cave is located in Cuba
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LocationCárdenas Municipality, Cuba
Nearest cityMatanzas, Cuba
Coordinates23°01′18.5″N 81°28′30.0″W
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Remains from at least half a dozen individuals have been found at the site. Some of these remains showed evidence of secondary burial (being moved from their original location).

Remains of the extinct rodent genus Geocapromys were also found at the site.[2]

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