{"id":39934,"date":"2026-10-22T10:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/?p=39934"},"modified":"2026-10-22T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:39:16","slug":"new-rock-art-discoveries-in-the-coa-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/en\/new-rock-art-discoveries-in-the-coa-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"New Rock Art Discoveries in the C\u00f4a Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\">In 2025, archaeological surveys carried out by the C\u00f4a Parque Foundation identified <strong>more than twenty previously unrecorded rock surfaces bearing rock art<\/strong> at several sites, including Broeira, Canada do Amendoal, Bulha, Quinta da Bou\u00e7a Velha and Fraga do Seno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\">These discoveries built on the findings made in 2024, particularly at Ribeira de Piscos, Vale de Jo\u00e3o Esquerdo and Vale do Esfola Cabras. Identifying engravings that are often fine-lined, heavily patinated and difficult to discern requires careful and persistent survey work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\">Scheduled to continue in its current form until 2027, this work aims to deepen understanding of the region\u2019s rock art, explore areas that remain little studied and expand the available information on previously identified sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\">As part of the C\u00f4a Parque Foundation\u2019s mission, this research contributes to the understanding, safeguarding and promotion of a heritage that continues to yield new discoveries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2025, archaeological surveys carried out by the C\u00f4a Parque Foundation identified more than twenty previously unrecorded rock surfaces bearing rock art at several sites, including Broeira, Canada do Amendoal,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":39932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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