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Guarda, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Castelo Melhor |
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Alto Douro / Beira Alta |
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Douro and Côa |
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Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
Localiza-se junto de um pequeno curso de água tributário do rio Côa. |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Constituído por uma rocha ostentando um conjunto de motivos incisos representando figuras antropomórficas semi-esquemáticas armadas com lanças e montando cavalos semi-esquemáticos com rédeas. Num pequeno abrigo situado na proximidade foram identificdas gravações não determinadas.
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Figures: |
Figuras antropomórficas; figuras indeterminadas.
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
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Notes: |
Abstract: Meijapão it'a a rock-art open-air site of Vale do Côa Archaeological ParK, that integrates 1 schist rock with a set of scratched mothifs, that represent anthropomorphic semi-esquematic figures armed with spears, and riding horses. These are dated from Iron Age. In a shelter near this site, were found indeterminated engravings. |
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Conservation |
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Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
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| Record n. 581 / 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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