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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Schematic figures on this shelter show common types and several unusual representations within Monfragüe's art. In general the pigmentation of all figures is bright red or dark red and trace line is thick (1-1.5 cm) when not specified. Out to inside the shelter and with reference to their hight from the floor we find, two vertical bars 11 and 7 cm. long, each, 1.20 m high. Next, 1.74m. high, four bars between 7 and 4 cm long, latter lacks part of pigment inside. Next, 1.20 m high, several finger spots lead us to a zoomorphic schem composed by an horizontal trace 7.5 cm long with four vertical bars below, coming out from it. First is 9 cm long, the 2nd, 1 cm, and both last ones 8 cm. Long (see picture). Moving right up 1.75 m high, after a serie of bars and spots, there's a thinly traced (0.2cm) Star-shaped figure made by a circumference with six appendixes just on the right side (max.width. 3.5cm). To the right 1.36m and 2.60m high, a "T" shape figure incomplete and 2 "U" shaped figures The first one, 13 cm long-2.5 cm wide has two appendixes on the left side, one on the upper part curved down 3 cm ( almost touching "T") and other in the lower part runing horizontally 8 cm. The last "U" is upsidedown, thin traced 0.4 cm, 12.5 cm long-4.15 cm max.wide. - these three motivescould be one indeterminate composition-. Moving down, 2.19 m high, two figures without parallels: BITRIANGULAR ATHROPOMORPHS. Composed by triangular elements the first one shows Head, Trunk and the left arm, like single traces added to a double triangle structure (see picture). Placed underneath, the second is a very complex figure of similar characteristics. On the sourroundings there are several bars and finger spots, a group of little spots runnig vertical following a wavy line, and an indeterminate figure composed by a vertical bar, with three horizontal prolongations along the right side and a parallel irregular bar on the left side joining central bar's ends. 1.29 m to the right, 1.39 m high among several curved bars, spots and finger spots, there is the little (6.6 - 3.1 cm max. wide) Headressed Anthropomorph which is composed by a vertical trace as body, a curvilinear trace as left arm, (right arm lost) two litlle traces in the lower part shaping the legs and an ancor shaped representation on the upper part as some kind of headgear (see Tracing). Next, to the right 1.61 m high there is a 16.5 cm long figure composed by three very irregular circumferences dispossed one on top of the other with a "v" shape trace that tops the complex(see tracing). Below we find a small uneven trace surrounded by several little points on the left. The last group of representations is placed on the N wall and contains engraved figures made with a thread-like continuous line (less than o0.1 cm thick) that shows "U" section. First a triangular figure (18 cm tall) shows net traces in the inside while the upper left outside line has another small triangle added. Second, below the former, a semicircular line (10-8 cm) closed by an horizontal trace (12 cm long) delimitates the space which contains several unknown graghems, except for an star-shaped figure on the upper part (see tracing).
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Figures: |
total number 57
Vertical Bars, Finger prints, Zoomorphical scheme, Spots, Star-shaped figure, "T" shaped figure, "U" shaped figure, Upsidedown "U" shaped figure, Bitriangular anthropomorphs, 2 indeterminate motives, 2 indeterminate group of motives, Staff- shaped bars, Arch-bar, Headdressed anthropomorph, Indeterminate spots, engraved groups of figures.
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
Schematic art in the Iberian Peninsule is a style developed from VI to I milenium A.C., Absolute data can´t be given.
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Notes: |
The especial motives of shelter 32 made it very important for the oncoming research.Not any of the remarked ones or mostly the engravings have parallels in the Park. Any notice of parallel or correlation that may be given will be appreciate. general paintings found do not show pigment remainings. Reference to colour is related to the fosil negative printed on the rock surface when not specified pigment. When pig,ent is found analysis about the composition of red pigments shous mineral procedence from ferric oxidus present on the composition and also present on the mineral enviroment of the site. |
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