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Dehesilla Cave Rock Paintings (Cádiz, Spain): Analysis and Contextualisation within the Prehistoric Art of the Southern Iberian Peninsula

Published:2024-01-01 Issue:1 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2300-6560
Container-title:Open Archaeology
language:en
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Author:

Cornellà Martí Mas¹,Delgado Mónica Solís¹,Mijares Rafael Maura¹,Greco Enrique Parra²,García Pedro Pablo Pérez²,Ceballos Beatriz Gavilán³,Taylor Ruth⁴,Colell Guadalupe Torra⁵,González Javier Pérez⁶,Vera José Antonio Barrera⁷,Rivero Daniel García⁴

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia – UNED, Paseo Senda del Rey 7 , Madrid , 28040 , Spain

2. Laboratorio de Materiales, Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España, Calle Pintor el Greco 4 , Madrid , 28040 , Spain

3. Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Antropología, Universidad de Huelva , Campus El Carmen , Huelva , 21007 , Spain

4. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad de Sevilla , Calle Doña María de Padilla s/n , Sevilla , 41004 , Spain

5. Escola d’Art Serra i Abella, Calle Jerusalem 2b , L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08902 Barcelona , Spain

6. Wellrounded 360° , Nerja , 29780, Málaga , Spain

7. Departamento de Ingeniería Gráfica, Universidad de Sevilla , Avenida Reina Mercedes 4A , Sevilla , 41012 , Spain

Abstract

Abstract A systematic survey of Dehesilla Cave was carried out during 2017 in order to search for traces of rock art. Several panels with paintings were identified in the chamber next to the entrance (consisting of strokes, dots, stains, and remnants of shapes in red and black), which had remained unnoticed up until now and may provide relevant information towards the understanding of the prehistoric use of the cave and its seemingly symbolic topography. However, we cannot assume a priori a relationship between these paintings and the well-known Neolithic sequence of the site. To assess these paintings, we have analysed photomicrographs which have allowed us to determine their detailed characteristics, stroke morphology, and remnant features (for instance, hue, shape, density of paint, pigment grain size, micro-stroke traces left by the tools used). Taphonomic issues have also been considered and several physical and chemical techniques of analysis have been applied in order to identify the pigments and possible binders.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2024-0010/pdf

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