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Name      
Portugal    Douro and Côa, Vale do Côa, Ribeira de Piscos, R. 17 EuroPreArt - European Prehistoric Art
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Keywords: Anthropomorphic, warriors, scrach, schist, engravings, open-air, rock-art.
Institution: IPT Tomar  http://www.ipt.pt/gt/
Record
proposed
by
 Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Portugal
 
Location
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Country:

 Portugal

Locality:

 Guarda, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Muxagata

Region:

 Alto Douro / Beira Alta

Area:

 Douro and Côa

 

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Vale do Côa, Ribeira de Piscos, R. 17. Uma das figuras filiformes de guerreiro . Está armada com duas espadas, presumivelmente trajada à maneira oriental. Arte rupestre moderna (BAPTISTA, A.M;1999).
Copyright. No commercial use of EuroPreArt content is allowed. Specific © for pictures and drawings is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution.
Disclaim. The EuroPreArt project fully endorses the most recent documentation policies. It must be outlined the absolute forbidding of any disruptive method and the necessity of a total respect for archaeological sites. It is also to be noticed that no substances shall be applied to rock art for recording purposes. Some pictures of the EuroPreArt records are related to past recording techniques and may not fully match these policies. They are an historical documentation. Please refer to local archaeological official authorities for any recording purpose. Please take a look also over EuroPreArt guidelines.
 
Environment & Surface

Open-air   Shelter   Cave Portable   Megalithic

Geography:
Localiza-se nos afloramentos da margem esquerda da pequena ribeira de Piscos(tributaria do rio Côa).

Proximity:

 Muxagata e Ribeira de Piscos.

Geology:
Xistos grauváquico.

Surface:

 

 
Art        

Description:

 Engravings   Paintings   Painted engravings   High or low-relief   Sculpture
Duas pequenas figuras de armados incisa (filiformes). Tem nas mãos, duas espadas, e está vistada com o que parece ser uma traje alcolchoado (armado de couro?). O traje recorda aquele usado pelos samurai ou outros guerreiros orientais.

Figures:
total number 2
Figuras antropomórficas.

Chronology:

 Palaeolithic   Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic   Neolithic   Copper Age   Bronze Age   Iron Age   Roman   Middle Age   Modern   Unknown
Séculos XVII-XVIII ?

Notes:
Abstract: Ribeira de Piscos it's an open-air Rock Art site of Vale do Côa Archaeological Park (Vila Nova de Foz Côa). It's located on the left side of Côa River, and integrates arround 20 decorated surfaces. The most relevant is rock 2, where it's represented the famous engraving of "Homem de Piscos" (Man of Piscos), with a sexual conotation. Beside this figure, there are also zoomorphic representations, namely, horses, goats, auroches, etc. The most common engraving techniques used are, pecking, scratching and abrading.
 
Bibliography        





European total bibliography, by EuroPreArt partnersTotal (Europe)
Portugal EuroPreArt general bibliography, by IPT TomarGeneral (country)
Specific Douro and Côa, Vale do Côa, Ribeira de Piscos, R. 17 bibliography, by IPT TomarSpecific (site)
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic worldwide Database (external link). Compiled by Leigh Marymor. Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by the Library, University of California, Berkeley Bibliographic
Rock Art
Database

 

 
Conservation        

Status:

 Public   Private   Park   Classified site

Risk:
A subida do nível das águas da ribeira, em determinadas alturas do ano, submerge algumas gravuras, nomeadamente a famosa gravura do "Homem de Piscos"(rocha 2, segundo Zilhão, J., 1997).

Conservation:

 Good   Quite good   Mediocre   Bad

Intervention:

 
By          

Compiler:

 Ana Catarina Freire

Institution:

 IPT Tomar  http://www.ipt.pt/gt/
 
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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).
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Portugal CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello - Italy CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid - Spain Orme dell'Uomo - Footsteps of Man, Valcamonica - Italy Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón, Extremadura -Spain Liège University - Belgium Gotland University - Sweden University College Dublin - Ireland CeSMAP - Centro Studi e Museo d'Arte Preistorica. Pinerolo, Italy Arqueo Jovem
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