🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva de la Araña–Abrigo II
Prehistoric rock shelter with hunting scenes and ritual imagery
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of Mediterranean Basin rock art ensemble)
- Located in Valencia region, eastern Spain
- Paintings depict hunting scenes, human figures, animals, and abstract symbols
- Created using natural pigments on rock overhang surface
Cueva de la Araña–Abrigo II is a prehistoric rock shelter in eastern Spain featuring paintings that document the hunting practices, social organization, and symbolic life of early Mediterranean communities. The site contains dynamic scenes of humans pursuing game animals, rendered in natural pigments applied directly to the protected rock face. As part of a broader UNESCO-designated ensemble of Mediterranean rock art, it provides archaeological evidence of artistic and ritualistic practices in ...