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Locality: |
Alconchel |
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Region: |
Extremadura |
Area: |
Molino de Manzánez |
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Environment & Surface |
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Altitude:
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114 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
Carving zone of Cheles is located between Molino Manzanez area (Manzanez Mill) to Friegamuñoz Stream through the left bank of the river Guadiana. This area is affected by seasonal floodings of the river. Characteristic vegatation is mediterranean meadow. Traditional use of the land it's been the shepherding, the hunt and the fishing. |
Proximity: |
We arrive to the riverside where the engravings are located throught a path who runs 4 kms. from Cheles -which is the nearest locality to the rupestrian group- to the Guadiana. In the riverside we find a mill named " Molino de Manzánez" which is a common public area. About 50 meters to the NE from the mill is thios rock with engraved surface. |
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Geology: |
Methamorphic slate. |
Surface: |
We can see that the rock shows us a great horizontal and cracked surface. The rock presents some small waves in the central part, where the accumulations of lines are. We can also see that the panel is broken because of a crack that divides the panel in two parts. The crack measures 1'05 m. de largo y 6 cm. de ancho. |
Dimensions:
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Length 1.05 m.
Width 1.44 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
In this panel we can see hundreds of lines carried out with the technique of the incision. The lines are presented as a spectacular chaos that stuffs the whole panel. To the left of the panel there is an object that could be possibly an object or work tool, and it is carried out with the technique of the incision and it measures 17 cm. of high ( con paralelos en las plaquetas oseas de la Cueva del Parpalló, Valencia Spain) . To the right, in the central part is a great accumulation of lines and among them a horse, facing south, that carries on a man which is also carrying a kind of indeterminated weapon on his right hand. The representation is quite naturalistic and figurative, for the man catches the reins with the left hand and they are shown in movement. They are also represented in proportion and lateral perspective(four legs of the horse can be seen) and total meassure is 4 high cm.. The horse, represented galloping, it is 7 cm. long from head to tail. This figure could be in association with a bull represented about 30 cm below. Very figurative way and also represented in movement, certain anatomic details like mouth, tail, and horns are represented in perspective. The bull meassures 6 cm. long and 3 cm. of high. Styllisticaly is very similar to the horse and horseman and also leads us to relationate them to Iron Age representations of warriors and haunters in Iberian pottery. Next, in the central part there are pecked remains, and in this part we can see a date and letters where one can read (17-8-86 / / A P C / / ÑETE"). Of course we are speaking of modern engravings. The rest of the panel is full with lines carried out by means of incision, but imposible to discriminate ones from the others or to define a type on them
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Figures: |
total number 4
Fine lines, Anthropomorphic in association with zoomorphic, Zoomorph bull. Work tool, date, modern names 2.
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
PALEOLITTHIC (Magdaleniense) 17.000 - 9000 BP // EPIPALEOLITHIC (IX millenium b.C) // NEOLITHIC (IV-III millenia b.C.) // COPPER AGE ( II milenium b. C.)// IRON AGE ( I millenium).
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Notes: |
EUROPREART DB Cheles records are just a little sample in short of the hole documentation of the site. All the documentation is registered in our own DB, and you can ask for more information at the e.mail adress barbaon@terra.com. |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
The principal risk that run the engravings are the future inundation of the area due to the constrution of the portuguese dam of Alqueva. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
Guadiana Valley carvings have had three campaigns of field work along year 2001 -5 months- for the whole documentation of the 573 rocks found in the site. All records are now in proccess of study for at least 4 months, that will come to a joint exhaustive publication with the ones recorded in portuguese river side. There are also incoming works consisting in the reproduction of a number of rocks in plastic materials for forecoming studies and real reproduction if posible in the future. |
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Record n. 127 / 807 |
No commercial use is allowed. Specific © is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution |
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EuroPreArt, European Prehistoric Art, is a web-based archaeological project funded by the European Union which aims to establish a lasting data-base of European prehistoric art documentation, to launch the base of an European institutional network and to contribute to the awareness of the diversity and richness of European Prehistoric Art.
It is proposed by: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal),
CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (Italy - Europe),
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España),
Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón (España),
Université de Liège (Belgique),
Gotland University College (Sverige),
University College Dublin (Eire),
Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo (Italia),
Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art of
Pinerolo (Italia),
The European Centre for Prehistoric Research in the Alto Ribatejo (Portugal),
ArqueoJovem - a youth NGO (Portugal).
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