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A multi-analytical evaluation of the depositional pattern on open-air rock art ...
Nicoli, Maria; Eftekhari, Negar; Vaccaro, Carmela; Collado Giraldo, Hipólito; Garcês, Sara; Gomes, Hugo; Lattao, Virginia; Rosina, PierluigiMicroscopic observation correlated with chemical-mineralogical characterization was performed on pigment samples from "Abrigo del Lince" rock art site (V-IV millennium BC), in order to provide contributions to the study of prehistoric schematic art on granite in the province of Badajoz (Spain). The research objectives include the understanding of technological and cultural aspects, as well as of conservation an...
Prehistoric trepanation in the Iberian Peninsula: a new case from the province ...
Tomé, Tiago; Silva, Ana Maria; Collado Giraldo, Hipólito; Oosterbeek, LuizTrepanation is a recurrent subject in the literature, with the earliest known examples of this surgical procedure belonging to the Mesolithic/Neolithic periods. The Iberian Peninsula is no exception to this tendency, where most of the known trepanation cases were found in coastal areas (Silva, 2003; Campillo, 2007). We present the results of the human osteological assessment of Cueva de los Postes, a cave locat...
Pigment in Western Iberian Schematic Rock Art: An analytical approach
Gomes, Hugo; Collado Giraldo, Hipólito; Martins, Andrea; Nash, George; Rosina, Pierluigi; Vaccaro, C.; Volpe, L.This paper explores the processes involved in the production of prehistoric paintings using inorganic pigmentation. The focus for discussion involves a number of rock-shelter sites that contain rock art within the western part of the Iberian Peninsula, with particular reference to the sites that contain Schematic rock art. A direct date cannot be obtained on rock art that is made with inorganic pigments. Howeve...