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This motif is not well known in Northern Portugal, although it has recently been the subject of a synthesis study on the Atlantic fa\u00e7ade of this region. Starting from an inventory work, contextualising the several scales of analysis and the theoretical posture that knowledge is simultaneously cumulative and interpretative, this text reveals the shoeprints existing in Northwest Portugal and the interpretations that have been made about them. Currently there are 81 shoeprints in the region, distributed on 18 outcrops, in 17 different sites. This study has made it possible to create two typological subgroups, namely shoeprints with simple soles and with sole and heel. Within each group it was possible to perceive the existence of places with only one or few shoeprints, versus places with many shoeprints and that there are shoeprints of different dimensions and different orientations. The analysis of this data has made it possible to hypothesise that the engraving of these motifs may have arisen at the end of the Chalcolithic, beginning of the Bronze Age, reaching its peak during the latter period and ending at the beginning of the Iron Age. It is also hypothesised that they represent different age groups and that they may relate to pilgrimages or trips that formed part of rites of passage to adulthood, probably of individuals of higher status within a hierarchised society and which occurred at certain times of year, especially during the summer.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/heritage2010004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,24]],"date-time":"2018-12-24T10:37:49Z","timestamp":1545647869000},"page":"39-55","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Depictions of Shoeprints in Northwest Portugal"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"2","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1497-1321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Moreira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"FCT\u2014UMINHO\/BI\/317\/2018\u2014Lab2pt\/University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8373-1153","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana","family":"Bettencourt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory\u2014Lab2PT, Department of History, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"145","article-title":"As rochas decoradas da Alagoa, Tondela-Viseu","volume":"3\u00aa S\u00e9rie, VII-IX","author":"Gomes","year":"1977","journal-title":"O Arqueologo Portugu\u00eas"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"113","article-title":"Nuevos Santuarios Rupestres prehist\u00f3ricos en las provincias de Zamora y Salamanca","volume":"47","author":"Benito","year":"1994","journal-title":"Zephyrus"},{"key":"ref_3","first-page":"289","article-title":"Grabados rupestres en la Huerta (Caminomorisco, C\u00e1ceres)","volume":"51","author":"Sevillano","year":"1998","journal-title":"Zephyrus"},{"key":"ref_4","first-page":"7","article-title":"Petroglifos podomorfos del Noroeste Peninsular: Nuevas comparaciones e interpretaciones","volume":"15","author":"Santos","year":"2000","journal-title":"Revista de Ci\u00eancias Hist\u00f3ricas"},{"key":"ref_5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.3989\/aespa.2000.v73.315","article-title":"Petroglifos podomorfos de Galicia e investiduras reales c\u00e9lticas: Estudio comparativo","volume":"73","author":"Santos","year":"2000","journal-title":"Archivo Espa\u00f1ol de Arqueologia"},{"key":"ref_6","unstructured":"Casti\u00f1eiras, M.A., and D\u00edez, F. 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