Cova Culla
Large rock shelter in the Serra de Cardó (Benifallet), about 40 metres wide at the mouth and about 18 metres deep, with a dry-stone wall and a rising final section.
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Cova Culla
Large rock shelter in the Serra de Cardó (Benifallet), about 40 metres wide at the mouth and about 18 metres deep, with a dry-stone wall and a rising final section.
Benifallet · Baix Ebre
Length: 18 m · Depth: 4 m
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Large rock shelter in the Serra de Cardó (Benifallet), about 40 metres wide at the mouth and about 18 metres deep, with a dry-stone wall and a rising final section.
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Description
Morphology
Large rock shelter about 40 metres wide at the mouth and about 8-10 metres high. Along its width a dry-stone wall runs.
The cavity, from the outer lip, goes in about 18 metres in length and the final section rises by a kind of natural steps that lead to the highest point where the cavity closes.
History
Known since ancient times, but it is not until the autumn of 1921 that it is discovered by Maties Pallarès in the course of a survey of the barrancs of the area. Studies by Bosch Gimpera and Colomines begin immediately afterwards, describing two paintings of highly stylised human figures which they classify as rock art.
Much later studies (Alonso; Grimal, 1987) conclude that these drawings cannot be considered as belonging to rock art, but rather of a later chronology and difficult to classify. In fact, they no longer even appear in the archaeological inventory of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
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Bibliography
- Alonso, A.; Grimal, A. (1987).- “Observaciones sobre las pinturas de la cueva de Culla” Boletín de la Asociación Española de Arte Rupestre (0): 3-5
- Bayerri, Enrique (1934).- Historia de Tortosa y su comarca. Vol. II: 702 pp. Tortosa.
- Bosch Gimpera, P.; Colomines, J. (1921-26).- “Pintures i gravats rupestres”. Anuari de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans (VII): 1-26. Barcelona
- Topografia inèdita facilitada per Joan Pallarès-Personat
- Coordenades i foto extretes de Wikiloc (Autor: JJ. Piñol)
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