🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barranco del Cabezo del Moro
Levantine rock art in a dramatic limestone ravine
📌 Fast Facts
- Levantine rock art site located in southeastern Spain within a steep ravine
- Painted with red ochre depicting hunting scenes and animated human figures
- Dating to the Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic periods
- Part of UNESCO-designated Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranco del Cabezo del Moro is a Levantine rock art shelter situated within a dramatic ravine landscape characterized by rugged limestone formations. Located in southeastern Spain, the site preserves painted imagery that reflects prehistoric hunting practices, social coordination, and symbolic traditions of early Mediterranean communities. The natural rock shelter environment has supported the survival of these painted motifs across millennia ...