🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barfaluy II
Dynamic Levantine Hunting Scenes on a Sheltered Limestone Wall
📋 Fast Facts
- Neolithic and Copper Age painted shelter in eastern Spain
- Features red and dark ochre figures depicting hunting scenes and animal herds
- Located within a shallow limestone overhang near Barfaluy
- Part of UNESCO-designated Mediterranean rock-art tradition of the Iberian Peninsula
Barfaluy II is one of the smaller yet visually compelling painted shelters within the Mediterranean rock-art tradition of eastern Spain. Set into a shallow limestone overhang, the site preserves finely drawn human and animal figures that capture moments of movement—hunting, tracking, and group coordination—offering a concise but vivid record of daily life and symbolic expression among prehistoric communities ...