🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Abrigo del Collado de la Cruz
Levantine imagery at a mountain pass in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Levantine rock art shelter located at a mountain pass in Mediterranean uplands of eastern Spain
- Designated UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- Contains painted imagery from Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic periods
- Features anthropomorphic figures and animal representations in red ochre pigment
Abrigo del Collado de la Cruz is a rock art shelter situated near a natural mountain pass within the Mediterranean uplands of eastern Spain. The site preserves painted imagery that reflects the social organization, subsistence strategies, and symbolic traditions of prehistoric communities. As part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, it contributes to understanding how early societies used landscape features for artistic and cultural expression ...