The stylistically Paleolithic petroglyphs
of the Côa valley (Portugal) are of Paleolithic age
A refutation of their <<direct dating>> to recent
times
João Zilhão
Figure 5
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).
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