Tracing at Vermelhosa
TRACCE no. 5 – by M.S. Abreu, A. Arcà, A. Fossati, L. Jaffe
The Vermelhosa site and the “Etched in time” project.
The Vermelhosa site is situated in a small lateral little valley on the orographic left side of the Douro river, less than 1 km down from the Côa confluence in the Douro. Read more
As gravuras nao sabem nadar
TRACCE no. 5 – by M.S. Abreu, A. Arcà, A. Fossati, L. Jaffe
The Movement to save Côa Valley engraved rocks was started and led by Mila Simões De Abreu and Ludwig Jaffe, and internationally sustained by many Archaeological scholars, Institutions and Universities (Universidad de Alcalà de Henares, Institut of Archaeology London, Université de Poitiers, British Academy, Society for American Archaeology, University of Bristol, Australian Academy of the Humanities, University of New Mexico…). Read more
The Mazouco horse
TRACCE no. 5 – by M.S. Abreu, A. Arcà, A. Fossati, L. Jaffe
The great importance of Côa Valley Rock Art reached the headlines of the Portuguese and international press in November 1994. Even now it is taking a big place in Portuguese research, where a distinct division has been defined between the so called A.C. (Antes do Côa – before the Côa) and D.C. (Depois do Côa – After the Côa) Archaeology. Read more
Palaeolithic figure
TRACCE no. 5 – by Luiz Oosterbeek
De Foz Côa à l’ensemble du territoire Portugais: pur un nouveau rapport du Patrimoine avec la Société
Les musées sont aperçus, souvent, come des lieux de mémoire. Cette vision, certainement valable, est pourtant restreinte. Read more
Côa dam
TRACCE no. 4 – by Andrea Arcà – Angelo Fossati
A question of skin: AMS vs. Rupestrian Archaeology?
The second aspect of direct dating experiences in Côa Valley is AMS method. We will refer here to the text recently issued in Rock Art Research volume 12 number 2. Read more
Upper Palaeolithic sites
TRACCE no. 4 – by João Zilhão
At the request of the editor of TRACCE, I comment here on the text by Robert Bednarik published in number 3, May 1996, of this online rock art newsletter. I do it as a token of consideration toward the editor and the cooperative Le Orme dell’Uomo, an organization that played an important role in rallying international support to preserve the Côa Valley rock art sites. Read more
Deers, daggers and tracks
TRACCE no. 3 – by Antonio Alvarez Nuñez
During the Prehistoric Stage the cultural heritage of Galicia was enriched with artistic demonstrations that are extremely striking, due to their strength of personality, art that is exposed to the open air: petroglyphs. Read more
Coa valley
TRACCE no. 1 – by Andrea Arcà
Direct dating: does it work? The Côa Valley experience. For the first time in Europe supposed scientific direct dating methods on open air rocks have been applied. According to the necessity of doing an experimental test, the site chosen was little and not relevant: the Côa Valley petroglyph site, the first European open air rock art site in palaeolithic style.
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