🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Tenada de Cueva Moreno
Levantine Expression in a Pastoral Landscape
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site — Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- Location: Mediterranean upland landscape, associated with prehistoric pastoral routes
- Period: Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic
- Medium: Red mineral pigments on rock shelter surface
Tenada de Cueva Moreno is a Levantine rock art shelter located within a Mediterranean upland landscape historically associated with pastoral routes. As part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, the site preserves painted imagery that reflects prehistoric subsistence strategies, social cooperation, and symbolic traditions. The shelter's natural overhang has supported the preservation of painted motifs despite environmental exposure over millennia ...