🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva del Humo (Peña Rubia)
Neolithic and Copper Age painted shelter in southeastern Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (Mediterranean Basin rock art group)
- Neolithic and Copper Age painted rock shelter
- Located in Peña Rubia, southeastern Spain (Murcia region)
- Preserves human and animal figures depicting hunting and communal activities
Cueva del Humo, also known as Peña Rubia, is a significant rock art shelter within the Mediterranean Basin tradition of the Iberian Peninsula. Set within a naturally protected rocky environment, the site preserves painted scenes that reveal how prehistoric communities recorded daily activities, movement through the landscape, and symbolic beliefs using stone as a permanent visual medium ...