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Name

España Alconchel, Rock LXXXVI "La Antena"

Keywords: Guadiana river, Rock-art, Carvings, Open-air, Incision, indeterminated
Institution: Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón. Junta de Extremadura. Consejería de Cultura. Hipólito Collado Giraldo. www.artrex.com

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Location

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Country:	España
Locality:	Alconchel

Region:	Extremadura
Area:	Guadiana River (Alconchel)


Tracing of the panel 1		Tracing of the panel 2, in the central part ramifyed figure

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Environment & Surface

Altitude:	122 m Open-air Shelter Cave Portable Megalithic
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 vegetation 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 throught a path (4 kms. to Cheles which is the nearest locality to the rupestrian group). In the riverside we find a mill named " Molino de Manzánez" which is a common public area. Located inthe area in front of the mill, about 20 meters thereis this engraved rock surface

Geology:	Methamorphic slate.
Surface:	Orientation SE 150 º, inclinated surface quite smooth and bright red coloured.
Dimensions:	Length 0.43 m. Width 0.42 m.

Art

Description:

Engravings Paintings Painted engravings High or low-relief Sculpture

Engravings in this rock is carried out in incision technique. There is a group of hundreds of little lines, inclined and parelells to each other that cover the panel all over and among them one figure can be issolated. It is a Branched motif composed by a long axial line that support other perpendicular ones as well branched 9cm max long. 3 cm maz wide.

Figures:

total number 1
Graphited lines

Chronology:	Palaeolithic Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic Neolithic Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Roman Middle Age Modern Unknown No references can be given as incision technique is not associated to any type and there's no comparative style at the same surface. Anyway lineal carvings present patina not assured as paleolithic yet.
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

Status:	Public Private Park Classified site
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.

Conservation:

Good Quite good Mediocre Bad

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.

Compiler:

Fuentes, Fernando; Girón, Montse; Fernández, Mila

Institution:

Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón. Junta de Extremadura. Consejería de Cultura. Hipólito Collado Giraldo. www.artrex.com

Record n. 7 / 807

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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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