🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc del Salt – Abric VI, a Levantine rock shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Part of a serial UNESCO World Heritage property inscribed in 1998
- Located in Alcoy (Alcoi), province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
- Shallow limestone rock shelter in the Barranc del Salt ravine
- Levantine rock art tradition, dated 8000–3500 BCE (Epipaleolithic to early Neolithic)
Barranc del Salt – Abric VI is a rock shelter site within the UNESCO World Heritage property Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, one of Europe's largest concentrations of prehistoric rock art. Located in eastern Spain's rugged limestone landscape, this modest shelter preserves paintings from the Levantine artistic tradition that flourished during the transition from hunter-gatherer to early agricultural societies. The site provides valuable evidence of prehistoric ...