π§ Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc d'Alpadull β Abric I, a prehistoric rock shelter in eastern Spain
π Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (Serial Property ID 874-173)
- One of over 700 rock art sites across eastern Spain
- Dated to Late Upper Paleolithic through Neolithic, approximately 10,000β6,500 years ago
- Contains schematic and Levantine-style pictographs in red mineral pigments
Barranc d'Alpadull β Abric I is one of the designated components of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a vast trans-regional prehistoric cultural landscape. The shelter occupies a natural escarpment in a rugged limestone valley in eastern Spain, within a setting typical of Iberian Mediterranean topography. It forms part of Europe's largest concentration of open-air prehistoric rock art, with hundreds of related sites distributed across the region ...