RT Journal Article
T1 Dehesilla Cave Rock Paintings (Cádiz, Spain): Analysis and Contextualisation within the Prehistoric Art of the Southern Iberian Peninsula
A1 Mas Cornellá, Martí
A1 Gavilán Ceballos, Beatriz
A1 Barrera Vera, José Antonio
AB A systematic survey of Dehesilla Cave was carried out during 2017 in order to search for traces ofrock art. Several panels with paintings were identified in the chamber next to the entrance (consisting ofstrokes, dots, stains, and remnants of shapes in red and black), which had remained unnoticed up until nowand may provide relevant information towards the understanding of the prehistoric use of the cave and itsseemingly symbolic topography. However, we cannot assume a priori a relationship between these paintingsand the well-known Neolithic sequence of the site. To assess these paintings, we have analysed photomicrographswhich have allowed us to determine their detailed characteristics, stroke morphology, and remnantfeatures (for instance, hue, shape, density of paint, pigment grain size, micro-stroke traces left by the toolsused). Taphonomic issues have also been considered and several physical and chemical techniques of analysishave been applied in order to identify the pigments and possible binders
PB De Gruyter
SN 2300-6560 (electrónico)
YR 2024
FD 2024-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24275
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24275
LA eng
NO Cornellà, M. M., Delgado, M. S., Mijares, R. M., Greco, E. P., García, P. P. P., Ceballos, B. G., Taylor, R., Colell, G. T., González, J. P., Vera, J. A. B., & Rivero, D. G. (2024). Dehesilla Cave Rock Paintings (Cádiz, Spain): Analysis and Contextualisation within the Prehistoric Art of the Southern Iberian Peninsula. In Open Archaeology (Vol. 10, Issue 1). Walter de Gruyter GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0010
NO A number of people and entities have collaborated with logistic support and diverseresources for the tasks developed by the Dehesilla Project during the 2017 season: Algar Local Council, Jerezde la Frontera Archaeological Museum, EvoCultura-Association for the study of human behaviour andcultural diversity, as well as the Díaz Romero family. Daniel García Rivero personally thanks his team ofcollaborators for their help during the archaeological excavation of 2017. We must be grateful to Carlos LuisPérez Avendaño for the revision of the English text
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026