Maarten van Hoek The Geography of Cup-and-Ring ... - StoneWatch

superimpositions and situations of avoiding occur in Galicia, for
instance at Gargamala 2, where a cupule with six rings is superimposed
upon a cupule with four rings (Fig. 55).
When concentric rings were increasingly added, it became inevitable
that instances of disregard and respect concerning previously engraved
petroglyphs emerged. It proves however, that respect for existing cupand-rings
prevailed. A most interesting example of respect occurs at
Lombo da Costa, also in Galicia, on one of the smaller satellite-outcrops
of the main site, rock XXVIII (Fig. 134).
FIGURE 134. LOMBO DA COSTA (MAP FIG. 49).
Although it is uncertain which motifs appeared first, let us suppose
that the sequence started with two cup-and-two-complete-rings, A and
B in Fig. 134. One then added a ringmark at D but did not complete the
ring. Instead, one focussed on the more centrally placed motif C and
started adding ringmarks until D was reached. Notice that the sixth
ring (E) is not complete and that the outer rings between E and F are
more closely packed: this may point to a temporary stop in the adding
of ringmarks. It is also clearly visible that the outer rings between E
and F avoid motif D and that ringmark F and the incomplete outer ring
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