Joana Valdez-Tullett

• PhD
• Teaching; Technical Specialist at Durham University; Wessex Archaeology

We provide a short synthesis of the results of a rock art project in the Alto Minho region, between 2013 and 2015. Centered on a circumscribed geographical entity, Monte Faro, a mountain range over the Minho River where the landscape had not yet been extensively subjected to the constant alteration and destruction typical of current times, this wor...

Rock art has a long research biography in Portugal, associated to events such as the rescue of the Tagus Valley carvings in the 1970s and the Côa Process in the 1990s, related to the construction of dams. Mixed groups of people were involved, some of which later appointed for important academic and institutional roles in Portugal and abroad. Howeve...

Prehistoric rock carvings are one of Scotland’s most enigmatic and poorly understood monument types. This article discusses the pioneering approach used by Scotland’s Rock Art Project to enhance understanding of the abstract motifs through multiscalar computational analyses of a large dataset co-produced with community teams. The approach can be ap...

Only recently has it become possible to write a chapter on the Palaeolithic art of north-western Iberia. In the last two decades, the discoveries of a vast collection of mobiliary art, open-air preserved paintings and cave art have contributed to a better understanding of the local Gravettian period up to the Late Magdalenian. Whilst in Galicia the...

The aim of this paper is to present the engravings of labirynths of the archaeological site of Castelinho, a Romanised fortified site of the Iron Age, located in the Northeast of the Trás-os-Montes regions (Portugal). The relationship of these motifs with other similar imagery in the northwest peninsula is presented, and some symbolic meanings are...

Prehistoric rock carvings are one of Scotland’s most enigmatic and poorly understood monument types. This article discusses the pioneering approach used by Scotland’s Rock Art Project to enhance understanding of the abstract motifs through multiscalar computational analyses of a large dataset co-produced with community teams. The analysis incorpora...

The term 'Rock Art' is loosely used in this article to refer to prehistoric carvings and paintings. Rock art research has changed profoundly in the last two decades. Partly, this is due to the introduction of more 'scientific' methodologies such as digital recording, to overcome the subjective nature of analogue documentation methods. Digital recor...

How are landscapes, artefacts and ways of perceiving the world linked, and how do they interact? Every prehistoric art tradition has its own distribution, ornamental structures, designs and techniques, but to what extent are these features linked to thought systems, and how do they change over time? Considering that material culture, and more speci...

The recent discovery of animal carvings in the Early Bronze Age burial cairn at Dunchraigaig (Kilmartin Glen, Scotland) prompts a re-evaluation of current knowledge of rock art in Britain. The deer and other quadrupeds represented in the monument are the first unambiguous depictions of prehistoric animals of prehistoric date in Scotland, and among...

Collective, plural or individual, memory is inherent to humans, enabling us to perceive our surrounding world. Biologically, memory provides mechanisms for survival by affording environmental awareness, and culturally it offers strategies for identity and social cohesion. Ethnographic studies have shown us that rock art can be an important vehicle...

RE-THINKING ROCK ART: BIOGRAPHIES OF RESEARCH, NEW THEORETICAL EXPLORATIONS AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES (STANDARD PAPER) Session Organisers: Joana Valdez-Tullett; Sofia Figueiredo Soares; Andreia Silva Abstract: The nature of rock art’s representations, execution techniques, settings, poor understanding of chronology and lack of contexts or f...

A short, free to download, booklet which aims to raise awareness of prehistoric rock carvings in Scotland, and the work of Scotland's Rock Art Project over the last five years. It covers a wealth of topics ranging from the history of discovery and research, and theories about what rock art means, to how we record, care for and value it today. It al...

About the newly discovered prehistoric carvings of deer, found on the capstone of a cist at Dunchraigaig Cairn (Kilmartin, Scotland)

We have recently announced the identification of the earliest animal carvings ever found in Scotland. These are a group of animals - 2 of them clearly red deer - found by Hamish Fenton at the Early Bronze Age cairn of Dunchraigaig (Kilmartin, Scotland). We have a paper to be published about this discovery, but in the meantime we organised an Info...

Gender and Feminist Archaeology emerged, particularly in Western countries, in the 1980s as a reaction against a male-dominated field constantly disregarding gender research. Since then, it has gained much importance and became an important line of thought informing many areas, from research to museum studies, and opening new avenues of investigati...

Rock art has the power to fascinate, engage and inspire people of all ages, while the search for its meaning has occupied archaeologists for centuries. Rock art is integral to the archaeology of all European countries, and for some it is a defining feature of their cultural heritage and an international tourist attraction. Scotland’s rock art is le...

Rock art has the power to fascinate, engage and inspire people of all ages, while the search for its meaning has occupied archaeologists for centuries. Rock art is integral to the archaeology of all European countries, and for some it is a defining feature of their cultural heritage and an international tourist attraction. Scotland's rock art is le...

Rock art is at the heart of passionate debates which often relate to identity, ancestry or political claims. The associated lore which survives in many countries demonstrates its active role in people’s ontologies until recent times. On the other hand, only in the last three decades has rock art become the subject of more scientific approaches, and...

Cup-and-rings, cup-marks, penannulars and wavy lines, are some of the main motifs composing Atlantic Rock Art’s iconography. These symbols were extensively carved, during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, on outcrops and boulders of many regions across western Europe, including Britain, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. The homogenous morphology of th...

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Resumo: A designação Arte Rupestre Atlântica refere-se a gravuras pré-históricas comuns às paisagens de vários países do ocidente Europeu. A repetição de características desde a imagética à implantação na paisa-gem, sugerem a existência de contactos entre sociedades separadas por largos braços de oceano. Este artigo sumaria os resultados de um estu...

Seminar presented to the Deparment Seminar Series of the University of Newcastle

During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods, a specific type of abstract and geometric imagery was being carved on natural outcrops and boulders in the landscapes of western Europe. Often known as Atlantic Rock Art, this prehistoric carving tradition is renowned for its cup-and-ring motifs, cup-marks, wavy grooves and other types of circular...

Atlantic Rock Art is a rock art tradition which includes emblematic motifs such as cup-marks, cup-and-rings and lines, known to several countries on the Atlantic seaboard. Design and Connectivity springs from an interregional study of this tradition, based on an original and innovative methodology applied to an empirical dataset. e project builds o...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHjaKn3ahtw&t=5s Atlantic Rock Art is a term commonly used to describe an assemblage of prehistoric carved motifs based on an overwhelming circular iconography. Cup-and-ring motifs, cup-marks, wavy grooves and other variations were carved on the landscapes of a number of western European modern countries, such as Sc...

The term Atlantic Rock Art is often used to describe a type of prehistoric rock art whose iconography is mostly based on circular motifs, such as cup-and-rings, cupmarks, penannulars, wavy lines, etc. This type of imagery is known to have been carved in the wider landscape of a number of modern European countries such as Portugal, Spain, Ireland, E...

Rock carvings of cup-and-ring motifs, cup-marks, spirals, labyrinths, curvy lines and other similar images spread across Western Europe, are often classified under the term “Atlantic Art”. This expression was coined in the 1940s by MacWhite but only popularised in the 1990s with the seminal work of Bradley. On one hand, this term illustrates both h...

The archaeological record is composed of several layers of information. Some of them are material and directly accessible to the archaeologist, others are an intangible, but intrinsic part of the data. That is the case with memory, inherent to human kind and pertaining to an important role in landscape enculturation. Rock art, particularly the open...

Atlantic Art is a form of open-air prehistoric rock art of geometric and abstract design, typically carved on open-air outcrops and boulders. It has a wide geographic scope, being found in a number of modern countries of the Atlantic façade, such as Portugal, Spain, Ireland, England and Scotland. Although Atlantic Art has a long biography of resear...

Atlantic Art, widely spread across the Atlantic seaboard, is well-known for its cup-marks and cup-and-ring motifs as well as other variations of these images. Although initially research of this rock art tradition was focused on the iconography and typically studied through static typological tables, in the 1990s and important turn, led by Richard...

Archaeology is a predominantly visual discipline with a long history of graphically recording its study-objects. Rock art’s highly visual character has been explored since early stages, with various methods of illustration, being a great proxy for the development of new recording techniques. Nevertheless, recording rock art can be a highly subjecti...

A prehistoric carving tradition in Atlantic Europe is known for its cup-and-ring motifs and other images of circular morphology. Found in countries such as Scotland, England, Ireland, Spain and Portugal, it has sparked the curiosity of many. Commonly known as Atlantic Art, this tradition has a long biography of research, mostly conducted by non-pro...

Circles, cup-marks and wavy lines are some of the most emblematic motifs associated with Atlantic Rock Art. The term ‘Atlantic’ was only introduced in the 1940s and is used throughout this thesis as it reflects the widespread distribution of the prehistoric assemblage of rock art, but also the geographic scope of this investigation. This particular...

A specific type of prehistoric creation is commonly known as Atlantic Rock Art. A tradition of carvings, its shapes and forms can be found across a variety of countries along the Atlantic façade, hence the name. Its widespread geographical distribution means that it is also known by a number of regional designations that, in some cases, reflect the...

Archaeology with Art is the result of a 2013 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference session that aimed to merge the perspectives of artists and archaeologists on making art. It explores the relationship between archaeology and art practice, the interactions between materials and practitioners , and the processes that result in the objects a...

Archaeology with Art is the result of a 2013 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference session that aimed to merge the perspectives of artists and archaeologists on making art. It explores the relationship between archaeology and art practice, the interactions between materials and practitioners , and the processes that result in the objects a...

During the mitigation measures carried out prior to the construction of the Foz Tua dam, a rock shelter was identified bearing several styles of rock art of different periods. The results of this preliminary study are presented in this paper. The rock shelter will still be accessible after the construction of the dam, as it is located outside the r...

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This paper discusses the outcomes of a project entitled Archaeology with Art: Space, Context, Fabrication and Gesture, which developed out of a session at TAG (Theoretical Archaeology Group) 2013, led by the two authors. This project approaches art in archaeology from a new perspective, arising from recent engagements of archaeologists and anthropo...

“Atlantic Rock Art” is an expression popularized in the 1990s following the work of Richard Bradley. It refers to a specific tradition of prehistoric carvings, based on a group of motifs of circular morphology, including cup-and-ring marks, cupmarks, spirals, rosettes, etc. This imagery can be found in several modern countries of the Atlantic faça...

Art is an ambiguous concept carrying great controversy when applied to Archaeology. This is mostly due to the rigidity of definitions that characterizes archaeology. Although necessary, sometimes this trait constrains the evolution of some ideas. Working with prehistoric graphic manifestations, I often come across the word “Art” starting with the...

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Whilst Prehistoric domestic remains are difficult to identify due to their perishable character, the use of space by Prehistoric communities can be discerned by their willingness to enculture their landscape through the addition of visual markers. Since the Palaeolithic period, communities have left evidence of their domestication of the landscape...

During Prehistory it is possible to identify similarities of various types across the Atlantic Europe. One of these is a style of open air rock art, mostly grounded upon a circular-based iconography, with carved motifs such as rings, cupmarks, labyrinths. Atlantic Rock Art can be found broadly in Iberia, the British Isles and western France. In Ibe...

Atlantic Rock art is a prehistoric artistic style of carvings, mostly based on circular motifs, that can be found broadly in Iberia, the British Isles and western France. In Iberia the study of Atlantic Rock Art began in the 19th Century extending until today. The majority of these approaches, however, are mostly descriptive and regarding the aesth...

Atlantic Rock Art is currently known for its circular motifs and Atlantic geographic distribution. Whilst in some regions it can be found in open air contexts, in others it is mainly inscribed on megalithic monuments. Nevertheless, researchers tend to group these representations under the same designation, based on the argument that they share a un...

O interesse pela Arte Atlântica desperta no séc. XIX, embora esta nunca tenha sido estudada de forma sistemática. As abordagens, meramente descritivas, cingiam-se à sua apreciação estética. É na Galiza que se desenvolvem os primeiros estudos intensivos. Em Portugal, na década de 1980, são publicados uma série de artigos científicos, autoria de Ant...

In Iberia the study of Atlantic Rock Art began in the 19th Century extending until today. The majority of these approaches, however, are mostly descriptive and regarding the aesthetic appreciation, missing analytical depth and neglecting its socio-cultural context. There is a lack of systematic and comparative studies that contribute to the subject...

Atlantic Rock Art is usually seen as a prehistoric artistic tradition that spreads along distinct geographic regions such as the British Isles (namely the Northeast of England, Scotland and Ireland), Brittany and Northwest Iberia, unified through the cup and ring carved motif. Although this subject has a history of research dating back to the 19th...

The main purpose of this paper is to give notice of the rock shelter in Foz Tua, identified during the survey campaigns for the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Tua dam. Sixteen decorated slabs were registered including a panel with schematic paintings and several surfaces with fuse-like motifs, commonly called “devil’s claws” and cupmarks. D...

"La finalidad de este capítulo es explorar el contexto arqueológico del área nuclear de la que se ocupa este volumen, recurriendo a dos formas de contextualización simultáneas. Por un lado, una contextualización territorial, basada en el análisis de algunas de las formas del registro arqueológico presentes en el entorno más inmediato del área nucle...

In Northwestern Iberia there are two main styles of carved pre-historic rock art. Facing the Atlantic Ocean, the homonym Atlantic Rock Art, with a coastal distribution, spans from the northern lands of Galicia (Spain) to the Portuguese river Vouga, where its most southern examples lay. On the other hand, beyond the mountain range that separates the...

O presente artigo refere-se à segunda fase dos trabalhos arqueológicos inerentes ao projecto da Carta Arqueológica de Nisa que decorreram durante o ano de 2008. A primeira fase teve lugar no ano de 2004 e esteve a cargo de uma equipa da Universidade de Évora. Nesta segunda etapa do projecto o principal objectivo e que nos competia concretizar prend...

A teoria Arqueológica tem vindo a conhecer uma grande evolução nos últimos tempos e tem sido influenciada por uma série de pensamentos oriundos de outras ciências, tornando-se mais completa e abrangente. Os Sistemas de Informação Geográfica, adoptados da Geografia, têm vindo a ser aplicados ao objecto de estudo da Arqueologia, pelo seu enorme poten...

Na extensão de território que corresponde ao Noroeste da Península Ibérica reconhecem-se essencialmente dois tipos de Arte Rupestre. Por um lado a Arte Atlântica, com uma distribuição geográfica mais litoral, distribuindo-se pelos afloramentos desde o território galego ao português rio Vouga. Por outro lado, uma vez transpostas as cadeias montanhas...

The north-western Iberian peninsula is a large territory (figure 7.1), delimited to the south by the river Douro and to the east by the International Douro and the Elba river. The Ocean represents the northern and western borders of the region. From Fisterra (in northern Galicia, Spain) to the extreme north-east (in the Portuguese region of Nor...

The Citânia de Briteiros is a fortified Iron Age settlement, from early present in archaeological bibliography due to the large excavation campaigns directed by Francisco Martins Sarmento in the 19th century, and by Mário Cardozo in the 20th century. Since 2004 new field works have been developed in the monument, such as excavation, surveys in orde...

In 2010, during an Envionrmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a rock shelter was identified in the mouth of the river Tua (Portugal), containing a few panels with rock art. This shelter was later studied in detail and over 40 panels were identified, documented and recorded. The majority of surfaces display fusiform motifs, commonly known as ’devil’s cl...

Amarante is a portuguese county with a very particular geographic situation, favorable to the development of Human life. It is located in the banks of the river Tâmega and holder of very different landscapes once one heads each direction, always bounded by water courses. Therefore, we have identified the human presence in the region throughout dif...

In Northwestern Iberia we recognize the existence of two different styles of Rock Art. On one hand, facing the Atlantic Ocean, the homonym Atlantic Rock Art spans through the bedrocks from the northern lands in Galicia to the Portuguese river Vouga. On the other hand once crossed the mountains that separate the coastal and the interior territories,...

In Northwest Iberia there are mainly two different styles of Rock Art. In one hand, facing the Atlantic Ocean, the homonym Atlantic Rock Art exists since the northern lands of Galicia (Spain) to the Portuguese River Vouga. On the other hand, once crossed the mountains which divide the inner territories from the coat, the figures carved in the stone...

This poster results from a study developed in the environs of Citania de Briteiros (Guimaraes, Portugal), assessing its rock art.

In the NW of Portugal there are two main prehistoric rock art traditions - Atlantic Art and Schematic Art. This poster sets a starting point for a project assessing the spatial interaction of these two types of carvings.

Analise especial da envolvente da Citanica de Briteiros, situada no medio vale do Ave (Guimaraes, Portugal).

This poster displays the results of a spatial study relating networks of paths, settlement and territory, based on a GIS methodology.

A Citânia de Briteiros é um povoado fortificado da Idade do Ferro muito citado na bibliografia arqueológica devido às extensas escavações aí realizadas no século XIX por Francisco Martins Sarmento e no século XX pelo Coronel Mário Cardozo. A partir de 2004 têm-se realizado novos trabalhos de escavação, de estudo da organização interna e prospecções...

Cultural and chronological context of five tombs found at Monte do Biscaia, in Gáfete (Crato, Portalegre), excavated on granite outcrops. The aim of this study is to contribute to further theme developments based on a larger number of tombs over a wider area in order to find out more about this reality in the Portuguese south.

"This paper is the result of an academic study about Rock Art. A few fieldwork campaigns were taken within the delimited area of the Citânia de Briteiros iron age settlement, but the efforts were also conducted towards the east slope of the S. Romão mount, in Guimarães. Several engraved rocks were identified, and some of them integrate the design...