🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Pla de Petracos – Abric VII, Alicante, Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Early Neolithic rock shelter with Macro-Schematic paintings, dated 6000–4000 BCE
- Part of a UNESCO World Heritage serial property comprising over 700 sites across eastern Spain
- Shallow limestone shelter with anthropomorphic and geometric motifs rendered in red iron oxide pigments
- Legally protected under Spanish and Valencian heritage law with restricted public access and environmental monitoring
Abric VII is a natural rock shelter in the mountainous limestone landscape of northern Alicante, Spain, containing painted motifs from the Early Neolithic period. Located within the Pla de Petracos complex, it exemplifies the Macro-Schematic artistic tradition characteristic of Mediterranean rock art and forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage serial property recognizing the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The shelter occupies a significant position overlooking ...