A burial has been discovered beneath the sedimentary Bronze Age package, where we have found ash and what seem to be occupation levels which, instead of containing burned dung and straw, have sedimentary deposits with industry and ceramics. This burial consists of a pit with at least six individuals that were handled prior to their interment. This point, Level 4, is where human bones have been discovered: some 200 bone and dental remains from at least 6 Homo sapiens dated at 3800 years. Not all of the body parts are present, suggesting that it was a secondary inhumation. The long bones are fractured and the skulls are split, leaving only the neurocraneum, the so-called “braincase”. These remains all received the same treatment, with cut marks on the bones, indicating that it was a case of consumption (gastronomic) cannibalism: the marks show that the bodies were skinned and broken up for eating, with even the bone marrow removed.

Beneath this pit there is a thin layer of sterile sediment that points to a period of roughly 1400 years when the cave was unoccupied. Immediately below there are Neolithic occupations, similar to the Bronze Age level, with layers of burnt dung and straw on top of others containing sediment, industry and ceramics. Cueva del Mirador is also helping us to learn about the first agriculturalists and graziers on this tableland.