Carbonell E, Esteban M, Nájera A M, Mosquera M, Rodríguez X P, Ollé A, Sala R, Vergès J M, Bermúdez de Castro J M, Ortega A I
Area de Prehistoria de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Unidad de Investigación Asociada al CSIC), Imperial Tarraco, 1, Tarragona, 43005, Spain.
J Hum Evol. 1999 Sep-Oct;37(3-4):313-24. doi: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0282.
Gran Dolina is part of an archaeological and paleontological complex located in the Sierra de Atapuerca karstic system (Burgos, Spain). The Trinchera del Ferrocarril sites were discovered as a consequence of the construction of a railway for the transport of minerals at the end of the nineteenth century. The systematic excavation of the upper Gran Dolina levels was initiated in 1981. In 1993, a 6 m(2)biostratigraphic survey pit was started, reaching level TD6 in 1994. This level was excavated during four consecutive years, yielding human fossils, identified as Homo antecessor, in association with lithic and faunal remains, dating to more than 0.78 m.y.a.
格兰多利纳是位于阿塔普埃尔卡山脉岩溶系统（西班牙布尔戈斯）的一个考古和古生物学综合遗址的一部分。19世纪末，由于修建一条用于运输矿石的铁路，铁路堑壕遗址被发现。1981年开始对格兰多利纳上层进行系统发掘。1993年，一个6平方米的生物地层调查坑开始挖掘，1994年挖到TD6层。该层连续挖掘了四年，出土了人类化石，被鉴定为先驱人，同时还有石器和动物遗骸，年代可追溯到78万多年前。
