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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
La Sarga – Abric III, a UNESCO World Heritage rock shelter in eastern Spain


🕐 3 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 14:04

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  • UNESCO World Heritage component 874-257 within a serial property of over 700 sites across eastern Spain
  • Schematic post-Paleolithic rock art on limestone, primarily in red iron oxide pigment
  • Located near Alcoy (Alcoi) in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
  • Dated to approximately 6000–2500 BCE (Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods)

La Sarga – Abric III is a prehistoric rock shelter in eastern Spain that preserves schematic rock art ...

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