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New upper palaeolithic rock art complex in the Tejo Valley, Central Portugal
Pereira, Telmo; Garcês, Sara; Danelatos, Dionysios; Giraldo, Hipólito Collado; Nash, George H.; Adewumi, Opeyemi L.; Gomes, Hugo; Monteiro, PatríciaThis short report presents newly discovered Palaeolithic rock art panels within the Ocreza Valley (Lower Tejo River), central Portugal, comprising several engraved zoomorphic figures, including auroch and horse. Together, they substantially increase upon the previous headless horse found in 2000, and the style of the engravings is identical to Upper Palaeolithic open-air engravings from other areas of western I...
Respecting the ancestors? Iron age life and 4th/3rd millennia BCE rock art with...
Cardoso, Daniela; Bettencourt, Ana M. S.; Nash, George H.There has been in recent years much interest in the Iron Age hillfort of Briteiros, near Guimaraes, NW of Portugal. The site was extensively excavated in the late 19th century, in the beginning and in the 70s of the 20th century and more recently in the 21st century. Recent research has focused on the substantial rock art assemblage that is scattered over much of the site (the highest slopes and the summit of t...