🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barranco de Campells II
Levantine rock art shelter in a Mediterranean ravine, eastern Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin ensemble)
- Located in Barranco de Campells ravine, Castellón province, eastern Spain
- Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic rock art with red ochre pigments
- Features animated human figures and animals in hunting and social scenes
Barranco de Campells II is a Levantine rock art shelter situated within a rugged Mediterranean ravine in eastern Spain. Part of the UNESCO-designated Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, the site preserves painted panels attributed to Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic communities. The shelter's natural rock overhang has provided protection for the pigmented imagery over millennia, making it a significant record of prehistoric artistic expression and social practice in ...