Abreu, Mila Simões

Parafita, Alexandre

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Abreu, M. S. & Parafita, A. (2002) - November 8 1994: Côa Valley, a date to remember. TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin [Disponível em http://www.rupestre.net/tracce_php/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17, em 05-09-2003  --------------------------------------------------------------Welcome to TRACCE, the Online Rock Art Community------------------------------------> by Footsteps of ManAll Topics         September 5, 2003    Search (type and enter)    HOME SUBMIT SECTIONS FORUM DOWNLOADS ARCHIVE FEEDBACK SEARCHModules · Home · Encyclopedia · FAQ  Members l Your account l Web-mail l Private messages  Who's Online There are currently, 2 guest(s) and 0 member(s) that are online.  You are Anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here  -- I N F O -- We received 48964 page views since 20 October 2002 and 117 registered users  l Top 10  Languages Select Interface Language:    EnglishMain Links    European prehistoric Art database     Rock Links November 8 1994: Côa Valley, a date to remember Posted on Friday, November 08 @ 20:44:30 EST by rupestreNotes on the Discovery of the Côa Valley Rock-Art, by Mila Simões de Abreu, Andrea Arcà and Alexandre Parafita. The rock art community first heard of the existence of a major rock-art site in the Côa river valley, north Portugal, on 8 November 1994. On this date Ludwig Jaffe and one of the authors (MSA) were invited by a local researcher to visit the site of Canada do Inferno, close to where a huge dam was being built.  A large complex of engraved surfaces, practically unknown scientifically till that moment, literally astonished the visitors.   In 1995, one of the authors of this article (AP) found a highly significant note in an old copy of the Anuário da Região Duriense (Annual Bulletin of the Douro Region) while he was carrying out research in the Municipal Library of Mirandela. The note by a local doctor, José Silvério de Campos Henriques Salgado de Andrade, referred to engraved rocks in the Foz Côa area. Andrade, known as Dr. Silvério, was also the mayor of a little town called Vila Nova de Foz Côa, as well as being a poet, writer and an amateur archaeologist. Some of his old friends say he was "obsessed with the engravings".  Page 1 of 4TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin - November 8 1994: Côa Valley, a date to remem...05-09-2003http://www.rupestre.net/tracce_php/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17 A database of more than 600 Rock Art links, divided in categories and geographic regions. You can add your owns directlyt online in the New Adds section    In the Anuário da Região Duriense  of 1939, José Silvério Andrade refers to several engravings (a bird, snakes and a bridled horse-head), which he classified as petroglyphs from an ancient period: "Ha meses foi chamada a atenestas linhas escrive para umas pedras gravadas com desenhos representando flores, plantas e animais ali encontradas. Alguns, feitos com notáespecialmente um peixe, umas serpentes e uma cabeça de cavalo arreado, assim com uma ave em atitude de levantar voo, revelavam intui ção artística da parte do lapicida. É evidente que se trata de petroglifos de época muito remota, para ali arremessados, a revelia, dignos de detalhado estudo".  Andrade was so impressed that he contracted Mr. Alvão, the most renown Portuguese photographer of the time, to take pictures of the area. For some mysterious reason, none of those photographs could be found in Alv ão's collection. Page 2 of 4TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin - November 8 1994: Côa Valley, a date to remem...05-09-2003http://www.rupestre.net/tracce_php/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17  During our research, we contacted the daughter and some friends of Andrade; they confirmed that, throughout the 1930s and 40s, he had a tremendous passion for traces of the past, particularly the engraved rocks. Research of the townarchive of Vila Nova de Foz Côa was also fruitless. Some sources claim the archives of that period disappeared during the mid -seventies revolutionary upheaval.   Only two pictures, showing the Chas dolmen and some engraved writings, were found in the Andrade family collection.   There is no doubt that the local population in the Côa area knew of the engravings, as did at least one well-educated member of the community. This learned gentleman made an effort to record the decorated rocks by contracting the nation's best photographer. Unfortunately, Andrade's note never reached the attention of the right scholars.   If this information had been available and taken in consideration during the archaeological impact studies of the Côa area, several problems might have been solved or avoided.   The time is long overdue for the academic community to finally acknowledge and recognise José Silvério Andrade--who saw the engravings, perceived their importance, asked for a deeper study and published a note about themand real discoverer of the C ôa area engravings.  · More about Rock Art papers submitted to TRACCE · News by rupestre  Page 3 of 4TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin - November 8 1994: Côa Valley, a date to remem...05-09-2003http://www.rupestre.net/tracce_php/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17   Most read story about Rock Art papers submitted to TRACCE:The rhombus: reflections about a very frequent rock art sign    Printer Friendly Page    Send to a Friend  "November 8 1994: Côa Valley, a date to remember" | Login/Create an Account | Threshold     0 Thread Oldest First RefreshThe comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.No Comments Allowed for Anonymous, please register   TRACCE Online Bulletin is proposed by Footsteps of Man.   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