Mas d'en Josep
(6000 ac - 4000 ac)This 40m long rock shelter has 25 pictographs preserved (c. 6000 BC - 4000 BC). Color and stylistic differences indicates that these figures were painted over more than one pictoral stage. All these paintings are thematically and stylisticly connected to the remainder rock art sites at La Valltorta Gorge. Three panels can be differentiated. In sector 1 there are a wild boar hunting scene, in which an archer running with the legs opened in 180º is chasing a wild boar. Other remarkable pictographs are a bull head and an antropomorph climbing a tree or a cliff.
Visit Plan
Daily guided visits are organized by Museum of Valltorta, at 10:00 AM. Additional information in: Museum of Valltorta, Pla de l'Hom, s/n, 12179 Tírig, Castellón. Phone: 964 33 60 10.
How to Arrive
To arrive to the Museum of Valltorta, from Tírig take CV-130 road towards Albocàsser. Take CV-131 road in the second exit at a roundabout towards Les Coves de Vinromà. After around 700 m take a right turn towards the Museum.
Visitable
Yes
Difficulty
Moderate
Discoverer
Albert Roda, 1917
Locality
Province
Orientation
South
Altitude
375 m
Style
Number of Panels
2
Number of Figures
25
Dimensions
40m x 4m
Geology
Calcareous. Marls and micrites of Lower Cretacic. Facies Upper Bedoulian
Graphic documentation
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
Panoramic view of Valltorta Gorge from Mas d'en Josep. Other rock art sites like Coves de la Saltadora and Cova Gran del Puntal can be seen from here.
Technique: Photogrammetry
Description:
Photogrammetric 3D detail model of panel 1 of Mas d'en Josep.
Technique: Photogrammetry
Description:
Photogrammetric 3D model of the entire right hand area of Mas d'en Josep.
Technique: Photogrammetry
Description:
Photogrametric 3D model of the entire left hand area of Mas d'en Josep (including panel 1).
Technique: Photogrammetry
Description:
Photogrammetric 3D detail model of right hand panel of Mas d'en Josep.
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
There are 13 Levantine style motifs in this panel with different preservation levels. A head of a bovid is one of the most easily visible figure of the panel. A slender archer firing his bow to a male wild boar, other archer with similar stylistic features is climbing a tree, and a bigger archer running should be highlighted as well.
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
An interesting hunting scene of a pair of stags is preserved in this area of Mas d'en Josep. Both stags with large antlers are running to escape of a slender archer that is trying to catch them. At least another archer was painted in this area, but just one leg is currently preserved.
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
Gigapixel image of the panel 1 of Mas d'en Josep, enhanced by DStretch software to improve visibility of paintings.
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
Gigapixel image of the right hand area of Mas d'en Josep, enhanced by DStretch software to improve visibility of paintings.