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Paleolithic Art in Peril: Policy and Science Collide at Altamira Cave

Cesáreo Sáiz‐Jiménez, Soledad Cuezva, Valme Jurado, Ángel Fernández‐Cortés, Estefanía Porca, David Benavente, Juan Carlos Cañaveras, Sergio Sánchez Moral

Science · 2011 · 145 citations · 6 references

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Despite evidence of damaging human impacts, cave paintings may again be threatened if visitors are allowed access.

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Microorganisms and Microbially Induced Fabrics in Cave Walls

Geomicrobiology Journal · 2001 · 182 citations

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Altamira cave Paleolithic paintings harbor partly unknown bacterial communities

Claudia Schabereiter‐Gurtner, Cesáreo Sáiz‐Jiménez, Guadalupe Piñar et al. · FEMS Microbiology Letters · 2002 · 149 citations

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Inorganic deterioration affecting the Altamira Cave, N Spain: quantitative approach to wall-corrosion (solutional etching) processes induced by visitors

Sergio Sánchez Moral, Vicente Soler, Juan Carlos Cañaveras et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 1999 · 130 citations · Full text

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Microbial communities and associated mineral fabrics in Altamira Cave, Spain

Soledad Cuevza, Sergio Sánchez Moral, Cesáreo Sáiz‐Jiménez et al. · International Journal of Speleology · 2009 · 98 citations · Full text

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Aerobiology: An ecological indicator for early detection and control of fungal outbreaks in caves

Estefanía Porca, Valme Jurado, Martín Sánchez et al. · Ecological Indicators · 2011 · 89 citations

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