🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva de la Plata
Prehistoric painted shelter in the Sierra Espuña, southeastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art ensemble)
- Location: Sierra Espuña mountain range, Murcia region, Spain
- Period: Neolithic and Bronze Age (estimated 6000–1000 BCE)
- Primary subjects: Human figures, schematic forms, and symbolic signs in red and dark pigments
Cueva de la Plata is a natural cave shelter located in the Sierra Espuña mountains of southeastern Spain. The site preserves painted rock art that documents the visual and symbolic practices of Mediterranean communities during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The paintings include human figures, abstract geometric forms, and ceremonial or spiritual symbols, rendered in contrasting red and dark pigments on the lighter cave walls. The shelter's location within a mountain sanctuary suggests ...