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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: La Cocinilla del Obispo

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: La Cocinilla del Obispo
Levantine rock shelter with hunting scenes and ritual imagery


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 10:25

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Located in eastern Spain within the Mediterranean rock art tradition
  • Painted during late Mesolithic to early Neolithic periods
  • Figures rendered in red and dark ochre pigments on limestone walls
  • Features hunting scenes, game animals, and possible ritual imagery

La Cocinilla del Obispo is a small rock shelter in eastern Spain containing painted figures that document prehistoric life and ritual. The site preserves scenes of hunting, movement, and communal activity rendered in red and dark ochre pigments on protected limestone walls. Despite its modest scale, the concentration and clarity of imagery establish it as a significant component of the wider Levantine rock art tradition of the Mediterranean Basin ...

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