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Portugal |
Locality: |
Guarda, Vila Nova de Foz Côa |
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Region: |
Alto Douro / Beira Alta |
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Douro and Côa |
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Environment & Surface |
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Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
Localiza-se junto da ribeira tributária do Rio Côa, na sua margem esquerda, próximo da embocadura no Douro. |
Proximity: |
Castelo Melhor. |
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Nesta rocha apresenta gravada a filiforme a cabeça e pescoço de dois (?) cavalos praticamente sobrepostos transformados em seguida num auroque. Esta figura tem único corno dianteiro. Observa-se ainda outra representação zoomórfica de espécie indeterminada, talvez um capríneo.
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Figures: |
Figuras zoomórficas (equídeos, espécies 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: Vale de Moinhos it's a rock-art open-air site of Vale do Côa Archaeological ParK. It's located in River Côa margins, and integrates two schist rocks with filiform engravings, that represent zoomorphic naturalistic mothifs. These engravings are dated from Palaeolithic, and were made by scratching technique. |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
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By |
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Record n. 661 / 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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