Bibliography for the Cueva de Nerja

by Tony Oldham

• Juan José Valsero and Francisco Carrasco (1994): Cueva de Nerja
  24 pp 29 colour photos, survey, location maps.
  An excellent glossy guide to the cave.
  SB In English
• Juan José Valsero and Francisco Carrasco (1994): Cueva de Nerja
  24 pp 29 colour photos, survey, location maps.
  An excellent glossy guide to the cave.
  SB In French
• Horacio Eichelbaum et al ND (1994): Cueva de Nerja
  84 + [15] pp.
  A superb coffee table book published for the 35th anniversary of the cave. Slightly larger than A4 with 80 colour photos.
  HB In Spanish
• Manuel Pellicer Catalan (1995): Tras la Identidad de la Arqueologia
  109 pp.
  Specially for the Patron of Cueva de Nerja, this book places the finds from the cave in the context of archaeology in general.
  SB In Spanish

The following is a series of monographs, commissioned and subsided by the cave management.

• J. F. Jorda Pardo (ed.) (1986): La Prehistoria De La Cueva de Nerja
  450 pp, numerous illus, photos etc.
  This is a detailed account of the finds from the cave and an in-depth study of the cave paintings.
  No 1 in the series Trabajos sobre la Cueva de Nerja.
  SB In Spanish with a chapter in English.
• Prof. Dr. F. Carrasco Cantos and Prof. Dr. F. Marin Giron (ed.) (1991): Investigacion Biologica y Edafologica Cueva de Nerja
  211 pp numerous colour photos.
  Detail account of the vegetable and micro animal material in this cave.
  No 2 in the series Trabajos sobre la Cueva de Nerja.
  SB In Spanish.
• Francisco Carrasco Cantos (1993): Geoloica de la Cuevas de Nerja
  354 pp lots of colour photos, diagrams etc.
  Nerja is unique with its lofty chambers full of speleothems reaching from floor to ceiling. This book examines in detail the geological process which formed this cave.
  No 3 in the series Trabajos sobre la Cueva de Nerja.
  SB In Spanish with a summary in English.
• José Luis Sanchidrán Torti (1994): Arte Rupestre de la Cueva de Nerja
  332 pp 73 colour photos, 77 illus, large fold out survey etc.
  More detailed than Part 1, it describes 589 motives in the Solutrian sanctuary.
  No 4 in the series Trabajos sobre la Cueva de Nerja.
  SB In Spanish with a summary in English.
• Manuel Pellicer Catalán and Arturo Morales Muñiz (1980-82): Fauna de la Cueva de Nerja [part] 1 Salas de la Mina y de la Torca, Campanañas
  1995 423 pp illus.
  The analysis of the mammal remains suggest a transition from hunting to herding.
  No 5 in the series Trabajos sobre la Cueva de Nerja.
  SB In Spanish with summaries in English.
• Manuel Pellicer Catalán and Pilar Acosta Martíinez (1997): El Neolitico y Calolitico de la Cueva de Nerja en al contexto Anduluz
  421 pp, illus.
  This monograph describes the neolithic and chalcolithic finds from the cave.
  No 6 in the series Trabajos sobre la Cueva de Nerja.
  SB In Spanish with a summary in English.

This bibliography is provided by Tony Oldham. He is selling speleo books, see the following link for more information: Speleo Bookstores