The stylistically Paleolithic petroglyphs
of the Côa valley (Portugal) are of Paleolithic age
A refutation of their <<direct dating>> to recent
times
João Zilhão
Figures
Fig. 1 -- The Côa valley, with location
of the several clusters of rock art attributed to the Upper Paleolithic
on stylistic grounds known until March 1995.
Fig. 2 -- The panels analyzed in the framework
of EDP's direct dating project.
Fig. 3 -- Models for the genesis of mineral accretions
on rock surfaces.
Fig. 4 -- Penascosa: tracing of panel 6 .
Fig. 5 -- Selected Portuguese Upper Paleolithic
sites with archaeological and paleontological large herbivore faunas, and
settlement sites in Spain close to the Côa valley complex of Paleolithic
open air rock art sites.
Fig. 6 -- Top: horn shapes of the aurochsen in
the engraved slabs from Parpalló compared to the Côa figures.
Middle: the head and horns of the Tête du Lion aurochs (left) compared
to an aurochs from the Canada do Inferno panel, which Bednarik describes
as a <<domestic bovid>> (right). Bottom: head and horns of a
Lascaux aurochs (left) compared to that of an aurochs from the Penascosa
panel analyzed by Bednarik, for whom the shape of its horns and the internal
markings on its muzzle <<do not resemble Paleolithic art>> (right).
Fig. 7 -- Ibex representations in the Côa
valley rock art.
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