🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc de l'Infern Conjunto 3, Abrigo V — Levantine prehistoric shelter paintings
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- Component 874-192 of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin UNESCO inscription spanning eastern Spain
- Levantine-style paintings dated 8000–3500 BCE, executed on limestone rock shelters
- One of over 700 sites comprising Europe's largest concentration of prehistoric rock art
- Access regulated; no physical contact permitted with pigmented surfaces
Barranc de l'Infern Conjunto 3, Abrigo V is one shelter within a vast UNESCO-inscribed complex of prehistoric rock art distributed across the Valencian Community and neighbouring regions of eastern Spain. The site preserves Levantine-style paintings created during the Early Holocene, featuring dynamic human figures, hunting scenes, and animal herds rendered in mineral pigments on sedimentary rock overhangs. This shelter functions as a single component within an interconnected network of over ...