🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Abrigo Contiguo a la Paridera de las Tajadas
Prehistoric cliff shelter with Mesolithic and Neolithic rock art in Cuenca Province
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Cuenca Province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Period: Late Mesolithic to Neolithic
- Medium: Natural pigments on rock panels
- UNESCO inscription: 1998
Abrigo Contiguo a la Paridera de las Tajadas is a cliff shelter in east-central Spain that preserves panels of prehistoric rock art created over millennia of human occupation. The site contains images rendered in natural pigments—reds, ochres, and browns—depicting hunting scenes, animals, human figures, and geometric patterns that document the ritual and social practices of early Mediterranean communities. Dating to the late Mesolithic through Neolithic periods, the shelter was inscribed as a ...