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Locality: |
Alconchel |
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Region: |
Extremadura ( Badajoz ) |
Area: |
Molino Manzanez |
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Environment & Surface |
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Altitude:
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126 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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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 flooding of the river. Characteristic vegatation 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 located throught a path which runs 4 kms. from Cheles -which is the nearest locality to the rupestrian group- to the Guadiana. In the riverside we find a mill named " Molino de Manzánez" which is a common public area. About 30 Meters fra from the mil to the south, among a concentration of engraved rocks, it is located this surface with representations |
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Geology: |
Slate |
Surface: |
It is an inclinated surface that faces East 160 º and orientated 340º. The rock presents several fissures and it is quite degradated and rough though is flat and pale red coloured |
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Dimensions:
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Length 2.25 m.
Width 1.05 m.
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
In chronological order from later to modern, first there are two paleolithic incised figures, located in panel 1. Facing north in the northern part of the panel there is a horse protomus with well defined head that shows lineal ears, remarked jaw and round snout lightly down inclined, the representation is prolongated to the neck and scarcerly the back and chest.Total meassures are 7.6 cm tall and 16.5 cm max width. Next, facing south in the center of the panel there is a male deer representation, almost complete. The head is affected by superimposition of a pecked circle, but still the head frontal line to the snout and begining of neck can be seen. Back line, to the tail and the back leg in triangular scheme close the animal backwards where it contacts with the horse yet described, which is clearly a posterior figure. The deer has also belly line quite lost and frontal leg similar to the other, basically triangular and not closed. Last, the most characteristic detail are the big horns ramyfied and 17.7 cm long, that arise from the head and run backwards in paralel to the back of the animal. Total meassures are 30 cm tall and 38.5 cm long from head to tail. There are other lines sugesting posible naturalistic figures but not determinate and almost lost. In percussion technique we can find one cirle with appendix that is cutting deer's head and two mor circles medium size along the surface. Last also pecked there is an anchor shaped motive, quite separated froom the others, in panel 2.
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Figures: |
total number 6
3 circular motives, 1 anchorshaped figure, 1 deer, 1 horse
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
PALEOLITTHIC (Magdaleniense) 17.000 - 9000 BP // EPIPALEOLITHIC (IX millenium b.C) // NEOLITHIC (IV-III millenia b.C.) // COPPER AGE ( II milenium b. C.)//
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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 |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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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. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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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. |
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| Record n. 113 / 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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