🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Abric de la Mostela
Prehistoric rock shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site component 874-260, inscribed 1998
- Part of serial property with over 700 archaeological sites across Mediterranean cultural zone
- Natural limestone rock shelter in eastern Spain
- Formed in characteristic limestone outcrop with protective rock overhang
Abric de la Mostela is a prehistoric rock shelter located in eastern Spain and forms one of the officially catalogued components of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. This serial World Heritage property, inscribed in 1998, encompasses more than 700 individual archaeological sites distributed across the eastern Iberian Peninsula. The shelter exemplifies the characteristic settlement patterns and occupation strategies of ...