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Locality: |
Serradilla (Sierra of Santa Catalina. Sector: Cancho de la Cueva) |
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Region: |
Extremadura, Cáceres |
Area: |
Parque Natural de Monfragüe. |
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Environment & Surface |
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Altitude:
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545 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 rock shelter 011, placed in the middle slope of a rock outcrop, faces south. It´s located out of the Park, but very close to its limits. |
Proximity: |
Close to the path and to a cork oak grove. The shelter is sorrounded by brooms and bushes. |
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Geology: |
Quartzite rock. |
Surface: |
Rough surface. Orange-coloured and lime-stained. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 0.83 m.
Width 2.51 m.
Depth 2.30 m.
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Group of 6 bars lined in an upright position. They are painted using thick lines. They are from 5,5cm to 6,5cm long, and 1cm wide. The figures are orange.
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Figures: |
total number 6
Bar.
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
4.000-600 BC.
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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.The rock shelter was discovered during the prospection made by Colectivo Barbaón in 1998. |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
Despigmentation and rock washed off by water. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
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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. 184 / 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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