🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cerrada del Tío Jorge
Levantine rock art shelter in a mountain pass
📋 Fast Facts
- Levantine rock art shelter located in a mountain pass in eastern Spain
- Preserves Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic painted imagery
- Part of the UNESCO-listed Mediterranean Basin rock art ensemble
- Features red mineral pigments applied in fine linear strokes depicting hunting scenes and human figures in motion
Cerrada del Tío Jorge is a rock art shelter situated within a narrow mountain passage in eastern Spain, where natural rock formations provided protected surfaces for prehistoric painting. The site preserves imagery reflecting the subsistence practices, mobility, and symbolic communication of early Iberian communities during the Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic periods. As part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art tradition, it contributes valuable insight into prehistoric artistic conventions ...