Palaeolithic engravings and sedimentary environments in the Côa River Valley (Portugal): implications for the detection,interpretation and dating of open-air rock art |
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| Authors: | Thierry Aubry,Luca Antonio Dimuccio,M. Mercè Bergadà ,Jorge Davide Sampaio,Farid Sellami |
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| Affiliation: | 1. IGESPAR-IP, Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico, Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa, Avenida Gago Coutinho e Sacadura Cabral, 19-A, 5150-610 Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal;2. Centro de Estudos de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (CEGOT), Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra, Praça da Porta Férrea, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal;3. Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Largo Marquês de Pombal, 3000-272 Coimbra, Portugal;4. SERP, Departament de Prehistòria, Història Antiga i Arqueologia, Facultat de Geografia i Història. UBC/Montalegre 6-808001 Barcelona, Spain;5. INRAP, Direction interrégionale Grand-Sud-Ouest. BP 161, 210 cours Victor-Hugo, 33130 Bègles, France |
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| Abstract: | The pre-Magdalenian phase of the Côa River Valley open-air rock art is mostly distributed at the boundary between the rocky valley slopes and the floodplain that correspond to the most favourable geomorphological setting for the preservation of pecked and deeply superposed engravings of the most famous artistic phase of the area. The natural vertical panels of the engraved art located at this geomorphological interface have suffered weathering during two cold events of the Lateglacial. They were buried by several colluvial and alluvial deposits. The reconstruction of the sedimentary and archaeological context of the CôaRiver Valley engraving permits a better assessment of the preservation processes and interpretation of Palaeolithic open-air rock art. |
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| Keywords: | Cô a River valley Palaeolithic rock art Open-air engravings Fluvial sedimentary environment Rock art preservation |
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