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<< Our Photo Pages >> Monte da Gurita Petroglifo - Rock Art in Spain in Galicia

Submitted by Xandlinathry on Monday, 25 December 2023  Page Views: 2106

Rock ArtSite Name: Monte da Gurita Petroglifo Alternative Name: Gurita 1
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 0.427 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Galicia Type: Rock Art

Latitude: 42.701530N  Longitude: 9.01288W
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
4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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4 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
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Monte da Gurita Petroglifo
Monte da Gurita Petroglifo submitted by Xandlinathry : Rock art in Galicia Spain (Vote or comment on this photo)
Gurita 1 (Galicia) features a three-dimensional Sun motif in a relatively central position of a very large outcrop (see pic lower left). This contrasts with hundreds of flat carvings of deer.

It has been suggested that this connection is deliberate and meaningful and that other circular motifs carved alongside deer have a “solar significance”.
Page originally by Holger Rix.

Note: Carving the Sky: Rock Art and the Stars, and more from The Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, which features lots of other Open Access articles on rock art around the world, more in the comments
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Monte da Gurita Petroglifo
Monte da Gurita Petroglifo submitted by Xandlinathry : Rock art in Galicia Spain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Monte da Gurita Petroglifo
Monte da Gurita Petroglifo submitted by Xandlinathry (Vote or comment on this photo)

Monte da Gurita Petroglifo
Monte da Gurita Petroglifo submitted by Xandlinathry (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Carving the Sky: Rock Art and the Stars by Joana Valdez-Tullett by Andy B on Sunday, 24 December 2023
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...a more straightforward relation between rock art and astronomy is that of the representation of astral bodies in carved or painted compositions. The Sun is particularly popular and can be found depicted in the Tagus Valley rock art, painted across Iberia as a part of Schematic Art, and in a few cases in panels with Atlantic Art motifs, although this last context is quite rare and limited to Iberia. This is the case with Gurita 1 (Galicia), where a three-dimensional Sun motif in a relatively central position of a very large outcrop contrasts with hundreds of flat carvings of deer. It has been suggested that this connection is deliberate and meaningful and that other circular motifs carved alongside deer have a “solar significance”.

Extract from Carving the Sky: Rock Art and the Stars by Joana Valdez-Tullett, Research Affiliate, University of Glasgow (see page 223)
journal.equinoxpub.com/JSA/article/view/27575/28441

From The Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, which features lots of other Open Access articles on rock art around the world:
journal.equinoxpub.com/JSA/issue/view/1985
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