🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Abrigo de las Cabras Blancas
Levantine rock shelter with prehistoric wild caprid imagery
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- Location: Eastern Spain, within the Levantine rock art tradition zone
- Primary subjects: Wild caprids (goats) and human figures in hunting contexts
- Period: Prehistoric, consistent with Mediterranean Levantine artistic conventions
Abrigo de las Cabras Blancas is a rock shelter in eastern Spain containing Levantine rock art characterized by depictions of wild caprids and human figures. The site preserves imagery that documents the subsistence practices, ecological knowledge, and symbolic life of prehistoric Mediterranean communities. As part of the broader UNESCO-designated Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, it exemplifies the artistic conventions and hunting narratives central to this regional ...