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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula

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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Pla de Petracos – Abric III, a schematic rock art shelter in eastern Spain


🕐 3 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 20:31

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πŸ“‹ Fast Facts
  • Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic rock shelter, approximately 6000–3000 BCE
  • Part of a serial UNESCO World Heritage property representing over 700 prehistoric sites in eastern Spain
  • Shallow limestone overhang used as ritual or symbolic space, not habitation
  • Red ochre schematic figures with stylized anthropomorphic forms and raised-arm motifs

Pla de Petracos – Abric III is a limestone rock shelter within the larger Pla de Petracos archaeological ...

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