Mas Cornellá, MartíSolís Delgado, MónicaMaura Mijares, RafaelParra Greco, EnriquePérez García, Pedro PabloGavilán Ceballos, BeatrizTaylor, RuthTorra Colell, GuadalupePérez González, JavierBarrera Vera, José AntonioGarcía Rivero, Daniel2024-11-182024-11-182024-08-14Mas Cornellà, Martí, Mónica Solís Delgado, Rafael Maura Mijares, Enrique Parra Greco, Pedro Pablo Pérez García, Beatriz Gavilán Ceballos, Ruth Taylor, et al. «Dehesilla Cave Rock Paintings (Cádiz, Spain): Analysis and Contextualisation within the Prehistoric Art of the Southern Iberian Peninsula». Open Archaeology 10, n.º 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1515/OPAR-2024-00102300-6560https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0010https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24414The registered version of this article, first published in Open Archaeology, is available online at the publisher's website: De Gruyter, https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0010La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Open Archaeology, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: De Gruyter, https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0010A systematic survey of Dehesilla Cave was carried out during 2017 in order to search for traces of rock art. Several panels with paintings were identified in the chamber next to the entrance (consisting of strokes, dots, stains, and remnants of shapes in red and black), which had remained unnoticed up until now and may provide relevant information towards the understanding of the prehistoric use of the cave and its seemingly symbolic topography. However, we cannot assume a priori a relationship between these paintings and the well-known Neolithic sequence of the site. To assess these paintings, we have analysed photomicrographs which have allowed us to determine their detailed characteristics, stroke morphology, and remnant features (for instance, hue, shape, density of paint, pigment grain size, micro-stroke traces left by the tools used). Taphonomic issues have also been considered and several physical and chemical techniques of analysis have been applied in order to identify the pigments and possible binders.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess55 Historia::5504 Historia por épocas::5504.05 Prehistoria55 Historia::5505 Ciencias auxiliares de la historia::5505.01 Arqueologíaartículorock artSouthern Iberian PeninsulaNeolithicphysical and chemical analysisDehesilla Cave