🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cavidad III (Torcal de las Bojadillas)
Schematic rock art shelter in karstic terrain, eastern Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula inscription)
- Location: Torcal de las Bojadillas, eastern Spain (38.178417°N, 2.222194°W)
- Artistic tradition: Schematic rock art, late Neolithic to Chalcolithic periods
- Medium: Red mineral pigment on rock shelter wall
Cavidad III at Torcal de las Bojadillas is a schematic rock art shelter situated within the karstic landscape of eastern Spain. As part of the UNESCO-inscribed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, this site preserves abstract motifs that reflect the symbolic and social practices of prehistoric Mediterranean communities. The shelter's overhanging rock has afforded natural protection to the painted surfaces over millennia ...