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Submitted by davidmorgan on Sunday, 01 February 2015  Page Views: 5785

Natural PlacesSite Name: Cueva Remigia Alternative Name: Cova Remigia
Country: Spain Region: Comunidad Valenciana Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Castellon de la Plana  Nearest Village: Albocàsser
Latitude: 40.417858N  Longitude: 0.123362W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Cueva Remigia submitted by durhamnature : Comedy painting of hunter chased by a wounded wild ox, from "Art of the Stone Age.." via archive.org Site in Comunidad Valenciana Spain (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Comunidad Valenciana.
759 items of rock art painted on a 20 metre long escarpment on the north slope of a ravine at Barranco de Gasulla.

60 metres west of Cingle de la Mola. Free admission, closed on Mondays and Thursdays.

Note: "The cave paintings of Valltorta-Gassulla could be dated" say researchers.
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Cueva Remigia submitted by durhamnature : Ibex hunt, from "art of the Stone Age..." via archive.org Site in Comunidad Valenciana Spain (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Desde Ares del Maestre, Castello.Abrigo Remígia.
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Ibex o Cabra Hispánica
Ibex o Cabra Hispánica
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Organic matter identified in Levantine art may lead to new interpretations by bat400 on Monday, 09 February 2015
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coldrum posts a link to another article on the possibility of dating the painted rock art:

An international research team has characterised black pigments used in the Remígia shelters of the Valltorta-Gassulla area of eastern Spain. The objective of this study was to discover the raw materials and preparation techniques, as well as to identify the cultural patterns associated with these pigments.

The art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin represents a unique graphic expression within the recent European prehistoric framework and contains a wealth of information about the societies that created it. Discovered in the early twentieth century, it was collectively declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998 and its most distinctive features are:

However, the chronology of this art (dating and authorship) has not yet been settled and is therefore still open to debate, but being able to identify the base materials of the pigments, suggests the possibility of applying the technique of carbon-14 dating, to particular elements.

In the majority of the representations a red pigment obtained from iron oxide dominates, although other colours like black and white have occasionally been used. A recently published paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science, closely examines the black markings.

Clodoaldo Roldán explains, “up to now, these pigments were associated with the use of mineral components such as manganese oxides, but this study has made it possible, for the first time, to identify the use of carbonised plant material to produce the black pigments in the Levantine paintings at Valltorta-Gassullaâ€.

For the study of the elemental composition of the black pigments two types of analyses were used:

energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF), a non-destructive analysis made on site in order to preserve the integrity of the paintings

electron microscopy, a laboratory analysis of microsamples from a limited set of black figures

These techniques were applied to 34 points of black pigment and 18 points of a non-black-pigmented surface. The points analysed are part of a total of 25 pictorial motifs among which there are 15 human figures, 6 animals, 1 animal track and 3 undefined motifs.

It is interesting to note that some of the black motifs described have undergone transformation processes such as total or partial repainting in red. Such processes have not only modified the original shape of the figures, but the addition of new graphic elements also leads to new interpretations of the narrative.

For more, see: http://www.pasthorizonspr.com
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The cave paintings of Valltorta-Gassulla could be dated by bat400 on Sunday, 01 February 2015
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Researchers from the University of Valencia and the TRACES UMR 5680 laboratory of France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), presented the first characterisation of the black pigments used in the shelters of the Remígia cave, in the Valltorta-Gassulla area, between the Valencian regions of L'Alt Maestrat and La Plana (Castelló). The objective of this study was to identify the raw material of the black pigments and the techniques used to prepare them, and to make an approach to the cultural patterns associated with the use of pigments.

The rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, also known as Levantine art, is a unique graphic expression and contains a wealth of information about the societies that painted it. Discovered in the early twentieth century, its most distinctive features are that it is located in open-air rock shelters, that human figures have a dominant role in scenes portraying economic and social activities, and that red pigments largely prevail. The authorship and dating of this form of art found in the Iberian Mediterranean basin is still open to debate.

Most representations in Levantine art use a red pigment obtained from iron oxide, although other colours like black and white have occasionally been used.

In Valltorta-Gassulla, one of the most important areas in terms of the quantity and quality of painted shelters, very few representations in black were known so far. In this paper, researchers present a new set of figures in black, the identification of which had gone unnoticed in previous investigations. Clodoaldo Roldán (University of Valencia, Institute of Materials Science) explains that "up to now, these pigments were associated with the use of mineral components such as manganese oxides, but this study has made it possible, for the first time, to identify the use of carbonised plant material to produce the black pigments used in the Levantine paintings at Valltorta-Gassulla." Probably, these carbon-based black pigments are the most widely used in the history of humanity, because they can be used directly, without preparation, such as those from charcoal (vegetable carbon) or graphite (mineral carbon).

In the paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, these researchers present the new technical discoveries regarding the way to prepare and use black pigments in Levantine paintings. The fact of identifying black carbon-based pigments suggests the possibility of using carbon-14 dating, which represents an important step to solve the chronological controversy hanging over these prehistoric paintings ever since they were discovered.

This research is part of the PROMETEO and PROMETEO II projects, funded by the Valencian government and led by Valentín Villaverde, and is financed with European funds under the Marie Curie Actions programme within the 7th Framework Programme of the European Research Council. The Cultural Heritage Service of the Valencian Department of Education, Culture and Sport has facilitated the investigations that have led to these remarkable discoveries.

Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see: Asociación RUVID. "The cave paintings of Valltorta-Gassulla could be dated in absolute terms thanks to new analyses." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 11 November 2014..
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