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  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,541 Views
11 Pages

1 August 2016

On the Iberian Peninsula, during the Neolithic age, there was a new cycle of post-Palaeolithic rock art: schematic rock art. This rock art style is said to date from the 6th millennium BCE until the end of the Bronze Age (around the transition betwee...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,802 Views
12 Pages

20 April 2023

The River Vero canyon (Huesca, Spain) contains an exceptional archaeological legacy with more than sixty rock shelters with cave paintings and forms part of the World Heritage ‘Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula’...

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  • Open Access
334 Views
33 Pages

Revisiting Albarracín Rock Art Through Multivariate pXRF Analysis of White, Black, and Red Pigments

  • Pablo Martín-Ramos,
  • José Antonio Cuchí-Oterino and
  • Manuel Bea-Martínez

18 December 2025

Rock art in the Albarracín Cultural Park represents one of Spain’s most significant concentrations of post-Paleolithic paintings, yet comprehensive chemical characterization across multiple shelters remained lacking. This study analyzes...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,305 Views
24 Pages

Penedo Do Gato Rock Art Shelter (Monterrei, NW Iberian Peninsula): In Situ and Laboratory Characterisation

  • José S. Pozo-Antonio,
  • Beatriz P. Comendador-Rey,
  • Lucía Rodríguez-Álvarez,
  • Pablo Barreiro and
  • Daniel J. Jiménez-Desmond

This paper focuses on the study of the prehistoric art site at Penedo do Gato Rock Art Shelter (NW Spain) through an interdisciplinary collaboration. A key objective was to develop and implement a multi-analytical protocol for characterising prehisto...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,736 Views
27 Pages

22 May 2021

This paper draws on the study of the prehistoric art site of Penedo Gordo (NW Spain) resulting from a collaborative interdisciplinary research. One of its primary goals was to design and put into practice a multi-analytical protocol for characterisin...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
25,871 Views
29 Pages

13 December 2013

It is not only oil in which Saudi Arabia is rich, but it is also among the four richest rock art regions of the world. Hundreds and thousands of petroglyphs, painted rock art, and ancient Arabian inscriptions sites are located all over the country, r...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,443 Views
12 Pages

13 April 2015

Depictions of “chariots” could be considered almost exceptional in the field of schematic rock art of the Iberian Peninsula. Their presence usually generates some discussions among researchers who are dedicated to the study of this artistic cycle to...

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  • Open Access
374 Views
16 Pages

Impact of Climate Change on Cyanobacteria Growth: A Case Study of Lama Dei Peligni Rock Paintings Conservation (Majella Massif—Abruzzo Region, Italy)

  • Piero Chiacchiaretta,
  • Fernanda Prestileo,
  • Eleonora Maria Stella,
  • Eleonora Aruffo,
  • Pasquale Simeone,
  • Paola Lanuti,
  • Silvia Di Lodovico,
  • Mara Di Giulio,
  • Simone Guarnieri and
  • Alessandra Mascitelli
  • + 8 authors

4 December 2025

The atmosphere plays a pivotal role in modulating the interactions between microorganisms and their surrounding environments, influencing ecological cycles, heritage conservation, and providing opportunities for novel applications. Recent studies hav...