🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva Peña Miel II
Levantine-style painted shelter with dynamic hunting and ritual scenes
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art series)
- Location: Eastern Spain, limestone cliff shelter at 42.286308°N, 0.050522°E
- Period: Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic
- Medium: Red and brown mineral pigments on rock overhang
Cueva Peña Miel II is a painted rock shelter in eastern Spain that preserves expressive Levantine-style figures documenting hunting, gathering, and ritual activity. The site features slender human silhouettes and dynamic animal forms rendered in mineral pigments, arranged in narrative scenes rather than isolated images. Protected by a shallow limestone overhang, the shelter has retained its artwork through natural weathering processes and relative isolation from heavy foot traffic ...