Archaeological Park of Campo Lameiro, Archaeological park and rock art museum in Campo Lameiro, Spain.
The Archaeological Park of Campo Lameiro (PAAR) is an open-air museum in the municipality of Campo Lameiro, Pontevedra, covering 21.8 hectares. It holds about 100 engraved rocks across nine stations, including Laxe da Forneiriña, Laxe dos Carballos and Outeiro dos Cogoludos, with geometric and naturalistic motifs such as deer, horses and concentric circles. A 5,000 m² interpretation centre includes a reconstruction of a Bronze Age village.
The carvings date from the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, with some artwork reaching back 4000 years or more. The rock art documents how early European communities hunted, herded animals, and practiced rituals within their territories.
The rock carvings show how prehistoric people depicted hunting, animals, and their bond with the land through simple but meaningful images. These marks reveal how daily survival and spiritual beliefs shaped the way communities saw themselves.
The open grounds require walking over uneven terrain to view scattered rock groups spread across the hillside. Sturdy footwear and weather protection are recommended since exploration happens mostly in the open air.
Some of the older carvings were deliberately overlapped with younger engravings, showing that artists worked on the same stones across generations. These overlapping layers reveal how artistic expression evolved and help researchers understand the timeline between different carving periods.
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