Where myth and archaeology meet: Discovering the Gorgon Medusa’s Lair

• Clive Finlayson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Gibraltar National Museum, Gibraltar, Spain, The University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Spain, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4795-9430

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• Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Museo Histórico Municipal de Villamartín, Cádiz, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5257-0556

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• M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Museo Histórico Municipal de Villamartín, Cádiz, Spain

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• Antonio M. Saez Romero ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7071-9748

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• Francisco Giles Guzman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Gibraltar National Museum, Gibraltar, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8092-7302

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• Geraldine Finlayson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: geraldine.finlayson@gibmuseum.gi

  Affiliations The Gibraltar National Museum, Gibraltar, Spain, The University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Spain, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1751-5655

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• Francisco Giles Pacheco ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Gibraltar National Museum, Gibraltar, Spain

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• David Abulafia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Stewart Finlayson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Gibraltar National Museum, Gibraltar, Spain, The University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Spain, Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Richard P. Jennings ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clive Finlayson, Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, M. Cristina Reinoso del Rio, Antonio M. Saez Romero, Francisco Giles Guzman, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisco Giles Pacheco, David Abulafia, Stewart Finlayson, Richard P. Jennings, Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences and CIPHCN-Heritage Centre, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9475-3307

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