🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Abrigo de las Cañadas I
Levantine Expression in a Strategic Rocky Shelter
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO-listed rock art shelter in eastern Spain's Mediterranean uplands
- Levantine-style paintings using red ochre pigments in fine linear strokes
- Depicts anthropomorphic figures in hunting and ritual poses with animal representations
- Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic cultural attribution
Abrigo de las Cañadas I is a Levantine rock art shelter located in the Mediterranean upland landscapes of eastern Spain. As part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, the site preserves painted imagery that reflects prehistoric hunting practices, social interaction, and symbolic traditions. The rock overhang has provided natural protection for these motifs across millennia ...