La Cova Ampla (Also called Cova del Tio Gil or Cova de la Magdalena, or Cova Montgó
This cave has been known (sic) since the end of the 19th Century. It has a large exterior entrance, with a height of 65 metres at its maximum, width 50m and depth 25 metres. There are several entrances to the interior.
It has been excavated several times but still not much is known about its geographical strata (estratigrafia) and is not likely to be known in the future because of the deterioration that it has suffered.
Archaeological finds indicate that this cave was inhabited during the Upper Paleaolithic Era (?10,000BC). But there is much more concrete evidence of habitation in the Neolithic age (3000BC). Carbon dating fixes the date at 6555 ± 180 before the present and habitation continued during the Eneolitic and Valencian Bronze Age.
Archaeological finds (mainly from the Bronze Age - 2000BC) include ceramic fragments, arrowheads, daggers, and knives of copper as well as bronze; domestic items such as bone needles and buttons, and articles of adornment such as beads and necklaces.
Also found were human remains of 10 fragmented skeletons found together in a bell-shaped vase (vaso campaniforme). And interestingly - Ostrich eggshells!
Translated by Joan Franklin from 'La Historia de Denia' por Roque Chabas Llorens (1844-1912)