🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Castellón de los Machos
Levantine rock shelter with Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic painted imagery
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula series
- Located in eastern Spain (Castellón province)
- Contains painted figures in red mineral pigments characteristic of Levantine style
- Associated with Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic Mediterranean communities
Castellón de los Machos is a rock art shelter in eastern Spain preserving painted imagery from the Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic periods. The site contains elongated anthropomorphic figures and animal motifs rendered in red mineral pigments, depicting hunting scenes, group activities, and social practices of prehistoric Mediterranean communities. As part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, the shelter represents a significant record of ...