New data for the late Upper Palaeolithic in the Cantabrian region: Arangas Cave (Cabrales, Asturias, Spain)

•Arangas Cave is located in the valley of Cares River (Norther Spain) with occupations dated at the end of the Pleistocene.•Careful research techniques at the site have focused on biotic and abiotic resources.•Daily firewood was collected mainly from species such us as Scots pine nowadays disappeared around the catchment area of the cave or the common oak located in sheltered areas of the hillsides.•Diversified subsistence strategies based in the hunting of red deer, Iberian ibex and chamois have been documented.•Local lithic raw materials were used the most, above all quartzite acquired probably in the river terraces of the Cares.