🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Mascún I
Prehistoric hunting scenes in the Sierra de Guara, Aragón
📋 Fast Facts
- Located in the Mascún gorge within Sierra de Guara, northeastern Spain (Aragón)
- Levantine rock art tradition, associated with late hunter-gatherer and early farming communities
- Red and dark ochre pigment hunting scenes depicting human figures and game animals
- Part of Europe's most significant concentration of prehistoric Mediterranean Basin rock art
Mascún I occupies a shallow rock shelter within the dramatic limestone canyon landscape of the Sierra de Guara in northeastern Spain. Prehistoric artists applied red and dark ochre pigments directly to the natural rock walls, creating dynamic hunting scenes and human figures that capture movement and ritual action. The remote, elevated setting overlooking valleys suggests these images held both practical and symbolic significance within the wider landscape ...