Pedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel
Pedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel North Annex · Pedra Site
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇧🇷 Pará, Monte Alegre, Brazil
About
About Pedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel
Pedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel in Pará, Monte Alegre, Brazil is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal panel 12 m long × 3 m high and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at -2.0070N -54.3010E controls access to Pará resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock art for Pará, Monte Alegre, illustrating Multi-period rock art construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Meaning of iconographic motifs
- 02Dating of superimposed phases
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Multi-period rock art
- Purpose
- Rock art sanctuary and ritual landscape with petroglyphs/pictographs
- Rediscovered
- 1968 survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Pedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel main structure
c. 1948
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1963–2008
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Pedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
2.0070° S · 54.3010° W · 416 m · 4 mapped features
Pedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel — Main Structure
panelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel
2.0062° S · 54.3001° WPedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
2.0080° S · 54.3017° WPedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension
2.0055° S · 54.2998° WPedra Pintada Cave Lower Panel — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
2.0086° S · 54.3021° W