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Cova de les Borres

Cova de les Borres

Important jaciment arqueològic a la Febró.

Febró, La • Baix Camp5m0

Archaeological site in la Febró, a rock shelter 35 metres wide and a little more than 5 metres deep, protected with an iron grille (2022).

Characteristics

Location

From the plaça Major de la Febró we will set off in a W direction along the carrer del Canyeret and follow the track parallel to the barranc de la Foradada; at 350 metres we will cross the barranc de l'Avellanar and leave the track before reaching a farm that has prohibited passage; we will follow a path that passes along the bed of the barranc de la Foradada and a little further on we will rejoin the track; after 1.1 kilometres, on the left, we find the Tosca dels Escanals; at 1.26 we cross a track that climbs to the right towards the masos de Galzeran; from here we will continue along a path and the bed of the ravine; at 1.4 we pass the molí de la Febró; at 1.78 we leave on the right a path that leads to the masos de Galzeran and to the camí del Mig; from here the path runs along the left side of the ravine; at 2 kilometres we pass the cova Serena; a little further on we find the end of a track that is a variant of the track we crossed at kilometre 1.26. At 2.18 we cross a wooden footbridge that places us on the right slope of the ravine; at 2.3 we reach the cova de les Borres.

This is the most sensible route; there are some tracks that bring you closer but with the risk of finding them closed with padlocks.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Cova de les Borres

    Elevation: 683 m

    41.273612, 0.979356
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 330760 4571100
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It is a rock shelter 35 metres wide and a little more than 5 metres deep.

Other details

Currently (2022) and due to the archaeological work being carried out there, the whole surroundings of the rock shelter have been protected with an iron grille.

History

The name Borres is a typical toponym of this area that unfortunately is being lost; it refers to the moss that grows in damp places.

The site was discovered by doctor Salvador Vilaseca and his collaborators (Albert Prunera and Manuel Mata) during the 40s of the 20th century. Doctor Vilaseca published the archaeological remains recovered as the first record of human presence in the Serra de Prades.

Fieldwork was restarted in 2012 by the IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social). Preliminary studies of the archaeological assemblage and the dates from the 14th century suggest a record from the late Magdalenian and the initial Epipalaeolithic.

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Bibliography

  1. Manent, Albert (1967).- Toponímia del terme municipal de la Febró. (Premi Eduard Brossa 1968 de la Societat Catalana de Geografia). Butlletí Arqueològic. Reial Societat Arqueològica Tarraconense, 1973, Núm. 121-128, p. 163-192.
  2. Vigara Rodríguez, Noemí (2021).-Anàlisi funcional dels gratadors magdalenians de la cova de les Borres. Treball final de Grau. Universitat de Barcelona.
  3. Vilaseca Anguera, Salvador (1973).-Reus y su entorno en la Prehistoria (tomos I-II). Asociación de Estudios Reusenses.
  • Dades, coordenades, situació, topografia i fotografies facilitades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).

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