The idea has been suggested earlier by others, but was stressed again recently by Coimbra (2013): some concentric circles present
in rock art may represent the depiction of enclosures. In this case, the rock
132 from Fratel (middle Tagus river, central Portugal) really resembles a
ditched enclosure with a gate with its “crab pincers”, reminding Perdigões
outer gates, Xancra or many others from France.
(image
taken from F. Coimbra, 2013, Ruptejo.
Arqueologia rupestre da bacia do Tejo)
Gate 2 of Perdigões
Enclosure of Chez-Reine (France)
As I put it recently, a same general idea can be
expressed in an architectonic design, in a decoration of a pot, in pattern of a
textile, in a motive of an art composition. Does this particular association of
the motive on rock 132 to an enclosure depiction makes sense? Why not?
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