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Locality: |
Serradilla,Sierra of Santa Catalina, "Cancho de la Cueva" sector. |
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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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430 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. |
Proximity: |
028 is located in the southern face of the "Santa Catalina sierra", in its east side, closer to the Tajo river than to the Garganta stream. La Garganta stream, wich flows some km following the base of the sierra direction, take a SE direction 1 km after arrived to the Tajo river. |
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Geology: |
Quartzite |
Surface: |
The shelter has a craked and oranged surface with yellow lichens in the upper part.The paintings are located 2,30 m from the west end of the site and 1,26 m high, in a small and vertical panel of grewish and smooth surface. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 4.50 m.
Width 4.00 m.
Depth 2.05 m.
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
There are just two figures in this shelter. (Fig. ) Both are red, made with iron oxide, and about 1-1,5 cm thick, painted with the finger. The firsth figure -8,5 cm long, 6 cm width- is formed by three lines: on the left it has a curvilinear line which conects in the upper end with a bar, curved at the bottom to link with another one. The second figure is curvilinear, oval but opened on the left side, and measure10 cm long, 5 cm width.
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Figures: |
total number 2
curvilinear ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
VI-I milenium aC. is the general schematic-paintings cronology in Spain. (We can´t give more accurate cronology because of the few references we can obtain in this case).
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
The paintings are getting pale, provably because of the sun damage. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
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| Record n. 177 / 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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