🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc de l'Infern Conjunto 3, Abrigo IV — Levantine rock shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- One shelter within a serial UNESCO World Heritage property spanning multiple Spanish provinces
- Levantine rock art tradition, dating approximately 8000–3500 BCE
- Contains stylized human and animal figures painted with mineral pigments
- Part of Europe's largest concentration of prehistoric rock art, over 700 sites
Barranc de l'Infern Conjunto 3, Abrigo IV is a prehistoric rock shelter located in a steep-walled ravine in eastern Spain. It is one element within the designated serial UNESCO World Heritage property known as the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The shelter preserves paintings executed by early hunter-gatherer and proto-pastoral communities, contributing to an understanding of symbolic communication and social organization in prehistoric Europe ...