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Country: |
Portugal |
Locality: |
Guarda, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Castelo Melhor |
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Region: |
Alto Douro / Beira Alta |
Area: |
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 nos afloramentos da margem direita do Vale do Côa, acompanhando o curso do rio ao longo de uma praia fluvial. |
Proximity: |
Acesso por estrada rural a partir de Castelo Melhor. |
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Geology: |
Xisto grauváquico. |
Surface: |
Superfície de forma subtriangular, inclinada a cerca de 75º, de cor castanha e castanha avremelhada. Corresponde à parte inferior a painelada, de um aloramento que ostenta superfícies em vários planos. |
Dimensions:
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Length 1.05 m.
Width 0.61 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Rocha com gravuras incompletas provavelmente uma delas representa um auroque.
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Figures: |
total number 1
Figura zoomórfica (bovídeo).
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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: Penascosa is one of the most remarkable Rock Art sites of Vale do Côa Archaeological Park. It's an open-air site, that combines a great number of engraved rocks. These engravings were made by pecking, scratching and abrading techniques, and combination of some of these. In the context of Vale do Côa Rock Art, Penascosa is one of the three biggest nucleous, together with Quinta da Barca and Canada do Inferno sites. In Penascosa are represented engravings dating from all palaeolithic epochs, namelly rock 3, which presents a long figure stratigraphy, animated figures, and a rare mothif of palaeolithical rock art: a fish representation. It's visible a rare technique, made by surface abrading. There are also engravings dated from Neolithic and Iron Age. |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
Esta zona é ciclicamente inundada pelas cheias de Inverno, submergindo total ou parcialmente as rochas decoradas localizadas a cotas mais baixas. A superfície correspondente à rocha 7A encontra-se profundamente fracturada. |
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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. 637 / 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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