El abrigo con pintura esquemática de Pala de Cabras (Ourense). Encuentros y desencuentros entre dos tradiciones

Abstract

The results of this study allow for a review of the iconography in Pala de Cabras rock-shelter (Ourense). This site, with 15 art panels, is one of the most complex sites with Iberian Schematic Art in the Northwestern part of Iberia.Within this ensemble, three representations of the so-called eyed-idols, soliform, ramiform and zig-zag stand out. The identification of new figures implied the revision of the chronological frame of this rock art site and, therefore, implies a new analisys on its cultural context into the Iberian rock art regions. The presence of this rock-shelter in the eastern Galician mountain range is helping to define the encounter zone of two different rock art traditions: the Schematic art and the Atlantic art.