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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva del Humo (Peña Rubia)

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva del Humo (Peña Rubia)
Neolithic and Copper Age painted shelter in southeastern Spain


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  • 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 ...

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