We are before an archaeosite chronologically marked out between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, in proof of the symbolic value of the place, at the same time as its cultural relevance to the successive human communities based in the vicinity, certainly due to the hunting potential that the site has. territory would lead to its survival.
Consisting of a shale rock, whose vertical panel was used to engrave some motifs using percussion, one of the engraving techniques identified throughout the Côa valley reference (COIXÃO, A. do N. S.
C., 2000, pp. 31-34), the site proves to be particularly interesting due to the eclecticism of the representations. Obtained on the surface of one of the few stone materials that support this type of engraving – shale -, through direct (or indirect) percussion, in order to obtain lines that allow contouring of the various elements. Represented, at the same time as filling its interior by making spots, the perforation made it possible, in this case, to engrave a marked diversity of elements.
Thus, in addition to geometric motifs (circles and spirals), meanders and serpentine elements were included, without forgetting the characteristic aligned dots, along with occasional anthropomorphic representations, distributed over an area of approximately twelve square meters. And even confirming the presence of human figuration, the fact is that the archaeosite shows only a “non-figurative” theme, supporting the chronological differentiation observed in its creation, an immediate result of the mutations registered within the communities that created them.