🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Fuente Serrano II
Prehistoric painted rock shelter in southeastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (Mediterranean Basin rock art ensemble)
- Location: Southeastern Spain (Castilla-La Mancha region)
- Period: Neolithic to Bronze Age (approximately 7000–3000 BCE)
- Medium: Natural pigments on natural rock shelter surfaces
Fuente Serrano II is a rock art shelter within the Mediterranean Basin tradition, preserving painted scenes that document the daily life, beliefs, and social organization of prehistoric Iberian communities. The site consists of natural rock recesses whose surfaces serve as active components of visual storytelling, with pigmented imagery depicting human activity, animal life, and collective ritual practices ...