Museum of the village of Nerja — Attraction in Nerja

Wow I never dreamed a museum could contain so little useful information! I’m interested in archaeology and admittedly this isn’t an archaeological museum, however there is one floor dedicated to the subject: the tour commences with unexplained cutout images of modern people, continues to a video about the caves which manages not to show much of the paintings or explain the archaeology of the caves - just some images and an old news reel. The artifacts in the next room are very poorly lit and the room is almost black - I guess to mimic a cave? One small area depicts some cave paintings of fish. Almost all of the ceramic and metal artifacts are replicas - there is no overview of the history except one interactive display which only shows one small image and then features brief textual descriptions - no larger images, no maps, nothing actually helpful. It skips from lots of Neolithic objects (flint points) almost directly to modern times. The one interesting item is a skeleton found in the caves, but not much information is given about it! Not worth 4€ - I left after 15 minutes! The ground floor is empty of displays, the 1st is about fish and agriculture (again poorly lit and uninteresting) and the top floor is modern art. With so little to display the cost...

Unfortunately this museum continues a long-standing narrative about hunter-gatherers in ancient times: Men ventured out for meat, while women largely stayed closer to home, foraging for plants and tending to children.

It almost certainly wasn’t that black and white. Recent analyses of physiological and archaeological evidence, published in American Anthropologist, suggest that females hunted just as much as males did during the Paleolithic era. In fact, they were well-suited to long-distance hunting, largely thanks to the benefits of estrogen. Additionally, Neanderthal remains show a sex-equal distribution of bone injuries consistent with hunting. Both males and females were buried with similar items and weapons, suggesting that there was not such a stark division of labor.

Women made most of the oldest-known cave art paintings, suggests a new analysis of ancient handprints. Three-quarters of handprints in ancient cave art were left by women.

Most scholars had assumed these ancient artists were predominantly men, so the findings overturns decades of...

Visited early March after we had visited the caves. We used the caves entry ticket (with QR code) for free entry. We were immediately directed to the 2nd floor. We walked around, and a ramp brings you down to the 1st floor. We were a little disappointed with how little there was about the caves, but thanked the staff as we made our way out. A member of staff quickly pointed out the lift to the lower floor, we had missed. This was much better, and it held lots of relics and information on the findings in the caves. There's a video running in a mini theatre where you can sit and enjoy more background stories of the caves. Obviously, Nerja's pride and joy. A...