General Information

Site Name:

Vale Boi

Synonym Name(s):

Site Type:

rock shelter

More info to Site Type: 

Discovery Year: 

1.998

First Description: 

[PublicBibliographySpace:Bicho 2004]

Chronological Abstract: 

The site contains rich deposits of Gravettian, Solutrean, and early Magdalenian material, possibly underlain by late Mousterian deposits separated from the Upper Paleolithic layers by a depositional hiatus.

Location

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Country:

Europe::Southern Europe::Portugal

General Location Description:

Vale Boi lies less than 2.5 km inland, just east of the town of Budens. The site is positioned on a wide, talus below a low limestone cliff.

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
-8,82
  • Longitude (WGS84):
37,09
  • Altitude:

 

  • GIS Precision:
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Linked Files + Pages

Collection Item(s):

Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Bicho 2004] [PublicBibliographySpace:Manne et al 2006] [PublicBibliographySpace:Gibaja, Bicho 2006] [PublicBibliographySpace:Bicho, Gibaja 2007]

Multimedia Files:

[PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Manne et al 2006] [PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Gibaja, Bicho 2006] [PublicMultimediaSpace:PDF Bicho, Gibaja 2007]

Linked Pages:

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Additional Content

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Lithic artefacts (Gavetien and Solutrean). Gibaja, Bicho 2006
The archaeological site Vale Boi today. Gibaja, Bicho 2006
Location of the Vale Boi site. Gibaja, Bicho 2006