@article{10272/24275,
year = {2024},
month = {8},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24275},
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},
organization = {A number of people and entities have collaborated with logistic support and diverse
resources for the tasks developed by the Dehesilla Project during the 2017 season: Algar Local Council, Jerez
de la Frontera Archaeological Museum, EvoCultura-Association for the study of human behaviour and
cultural diversity, as well as the Díaz Romero family. Daniel García Rivero personally thanks his team of
collaborators for their help during the archaeological excavation of 2017. We must be grateful to Carlos Luis
Pérez Avendaño for the revision of the English text},
publisher = {De Gruyter},
title = {Dehesilla Cave Rock Paintings (Cádiz, Spain): Analysis and Contextualisation within the Prehistoric Art of the Southern Iberian Peninsula},
doi = {10.1515/opar-2024-0010},
author = {Mas Cornellá, Martí and Gavilán Ceballos, Beatriz and Barrera Vera, José Antonio},
}