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Locality: |
Serradilla, Sierra of Santa Catalina, "Cancho de la Cueva" sector. |
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Region: |
Extremadura, Cáceres |
Area: |
Monfragüe. |
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Environment & Surface |
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Altitude:
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490 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
The Natural Park of Monfragüe is located in the area were two rivers, Tajo and Tietar, come across, and presents low mountains, ranges with breach and narrow valleys, and some planes. It has a Mediteranean forest, with ilex and bushy vegetation -the most frecuent, cistus-. There is also landscape with eucaliptus, olive groves, and pasture land with ilex and corks.The shelter is situated in the lower part of the mountain range, out of the Park, but very close to its limits. It´s surrounded by brooms and bushes. |
Proximity: |
Near to monfr009 " La Pajarita", and about 200 meters to the south flows a watercourse paralell to the base of the sierra. |
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Geology: |
Quarzite rock. |
Surface: |
Very irregular, concave, convex, damaged by fissures, microflora and lichen. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 1.10 m.
Width 2.80 m.
Depth 0.65 m.
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
The site stands out because of the high number of bars which have been represented, found in horizontal alignments in groups of 3 or 4 moyifs. Additionally, although not as many, there are fingerings. But without doubt, the principal figure, in spite of its poor conservation, is the one which could be listed in the eyed-idol motif category. This is made up of thin lines measuring only a few mms wide. The other motifs described vary in size and are made up of thick lines. They all have a reddish colour.
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Figures: |
total number 98
Eyed-idol, bar, fingering,
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
4000-600.
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Notes: |
The Natural Park Area has been traditionaly used by shepherds. They followed all the water courses which cross the region, and they where the authors of many bonfires made inside the shelters. Now there are not shephers inside the Park, and people can´t visit many areas.General paintings found show us pigment remainings. Just a few appears with good conservated pigment, and analysis about the composition of the red ones have shown mineral procedence from iron oxide, very common on the area. |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
its conservation status is not adequate due to the atmosferic effects, the influence of lichens. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
Three recording campaigns (1997,98,99) have taken place at Monfragüe, covering most of its sierras and stream breachs, in order to record all schematic art sites. The works, not finished, had given a number over 100 shelters with art, and the record consist in digitalizated tracings, pictures and descriptions that are also being compiled in several unpublished volumes. Monfragüe is a Natural Park where no human intervention is nowadays allowed, neither the presence of people near most of the art sites. The latter means the art is strictly preserved of any anthropical action wether it is damage or conservation works. |
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By |
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| Record n. 159 / 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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