The first evidence of Paleolithic portable art in southern Portugal

Simon Vallejo, Maria D.; Cortes Sanchez, Miguel; Bicho, Nuno Gonçalo Viana Pereira Ferreira

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Simon Vallejo, Maria D.

Cortes Sanchez, Miguel

Bicho, Nuno Gonçalo Viana Pereira Ferreira

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This paper presents the first evidence for Palaeolithic portable art in Southern Portugal. This include two plaques, dated between 20,500 and 19,500 BP from Solutrean levels from the site of Vale Boi, Western Algarve (Portugal). One of the pieces is a small engraved schist plaque (14,6 x 8,1 mm) with abstract lines on one side. The other artefact is an 8 x 5 cm schist plaque. One side is an oxide natural deposit, used to produce dye; the other side has three aurochs and a probable cervid. Stilistic information and the engraving sequence indicate probably production by a single artist. The stylistic characteristics are in full agreement withi those from late Gravettian and early Solutrean art known from Valencia, Andalucia (Spain) and the Coa valley (Portugal), thus confirming the absolute AMS dates from the Vale Boi Levels.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11409

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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

DOI

10.3989/tp.2012.12076

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