Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley

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UNESCO World Heritage Site prehistoric rock art site

Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site in northeastern Portugal renowned for its extensive open-air Paleolithic engravings depicting animals and symbolic figures.

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Label	Occurrences
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	5
Côa Valley Prehistoric Rock Art Sites	1
Côa Valley and Siega Verde rock art	1
Côa Valley prehistoric rock art	1
Côa Valley rock art sites	1
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley canonical	1
Sítios de Arte Rupestre Pré-histórica do Vale do Côa	1

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Target entity: Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley
Context triple: [Norte Region, containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley]

A. UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites
UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites are prehistoric cave and cliff paintings of outstanding cultural and historical significance, recognized globally for their exceptional preservation and insight into early human artistic expression.
B. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central India renowned for their prehistoric cave paintings and evidence of early human habitation spanning the Paleolithic to the medieval period.
C. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
D. Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Germany featuring some of the oldest known figurative artworks and musical instruments created by early modern humans during the Ice Age.
E. Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
The Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca are an archaeological and cultural landscape in southern Mexico that preserves ancient rock shelters, early agricultural evidence, and cave art documenting the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies in Mesoamerica.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley
Target entity description: Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site in northeastern Portugal renowned for its extensive open-air Paleolithic engravings depicting animals and symbolic figures.

A. UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites
UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites are prehistoric cave and cliff paintings of outstanding cultural and historical significance, recognized globally for their exceptional preservation and insight into early human artistic expression.
B. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central India renowned for their prehistoric cave paintings and evidence of early human habitation spanning the Paleolithic to the medieval period.
C. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
D. Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Germany featuring some of the oldest known figurative artworks and musical instruments created by early modern humans during the Ice Age.
E. Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
The Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca are an archaeological and cultural landscape in southern Mexico that preserves ancient rock shelters, early agricultural evidence, and cave art documenting the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies in Mesoamerica.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ prehistoric rock art site ⓘ
access	guided visits only in main engraved areas ⓘ
artForm	petroglyphs ⓘ rock engravings ⓘ
associatedWith	Côa Valley Archaeological Park creation in 1996 ⓘ
associatedWithRiver	Côa River ⓘ Douro River ⓘ
conservationApproach	in situ preservation ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
depicts	anthropomorphic figures ⓘ aurochs ⓘ deer ⓘ fish ⓘ geometric motifs ⓘ goats ⓘ horses ⓘ ibex ⓘ
earliestArtDate	c. 22,000 BCE ⓘ
environment	open-air ⓘ
hasComponent	Côa Valley Archaeological Park ⓘ Siega Verde Archaeological Area ⓘ
hasMuseum	Côa Museum ⓘ
inscribedOn	UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site
inscriptionReason	exceptional concentration of open-air Paleolithic engravings ⓘ outstanding testimony to Upper Paleolithic symbolic expression ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Portuguese ⓘ
latestPrehistoricArtDate	c. 10,000 BCE ⓘ
linkedHeritageProperty	Archaeological Area of Siega Verde ⓘ
locatedIn	Côa Valley ⓘ Douro River basin ⓘ linked to: Douro basin northeastern Portugal ⓘ
managementBody	Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa ⓘ linked to: Côa Valley Archaeological Park
material	schist outcrops ⓘ
officialNameInPortuguese	Sítios de Arte Rupestre Pré-histórica do Vale do Côa ⓘ linked to: Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley
period	Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
protectionStatus	national monument of Portugal ⓘ
significance	one of the largest open-air Paleolithic rock art ensembles in Europe ⓘ
threatenedBy	Alto Côa dam project (cancelled) ⓘ
tourismType	archaeological tourism ⓘ cultural tourism ⓘ
transboundaryWith	Spain ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	1998 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Europe and North America ⓘ

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Norte Region → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley ⓘ

Centro Region of Portugal → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde ⓘ