🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Abric de Lucio o Gavidia
Prehistoric rock art site in eastern Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of Mediterranean Basin rock art ensemble)
- Located in Valencia region, eastern Spain
- Neolithic and Copper Age rock paintings on cliff faces
- Depicts human figures, animals, and geometric symbols
Abric de Lucio o Gavidia is a prehistoric rock art shelter in eastern Spain preserving painted figures and motifs from Neolithic and Copper Age communities. The site's panels show human figures in movement, animals including deer and horses, and abstract geometric patterns executed with natural pigments on cliff faces. The artwork documents daily life, ceremonial practices, and symbolic systems of early Iberian societies and forms part of the broader Mediterranean rock art tradition designated ...