🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc del Salt – Abric III, a Levantine rock shelter with prehistoric paintings
📋 Fast Facts
- Located in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, eastern Spain, near Alcoy
- Shallow limestone rock shelter with paintings in the Levantine rock art tradition
- Dated to the Mesolithic to early Neolithic period (post-Paleolithic)
- Part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin serial UNESCO World Heritage property comprising over 700 sites
Barranc del Salt – Abric III is a registered component site of the UNESCO World Heritage property Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The site is a shallow limestone rock shelter located in the mountainous interior of Alicante Province, near the municipality of Alcoy, within a ravine characterized by limestone outcrops and Mediterranean vegetation. The decorated panels preserve examples of Levantine rock art, a distinctive artistic tradition unique to eastern Spain ...