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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: La Cocinilla del Obispo

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: La Cocinilla del Obispo
Levantine rock shelter with hunting scenes and ritual imagery


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 10:25

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📋 Fast Facts
  • Located in eastern Spain within the Mediterranean rock art tradition
  • Painted during late Mesolithic to early Neolithic periods
  • Figures rendered in red and dark ochre pigments on limestone walls
  • Features hunting scenes, game animals, and possible ritual imagery

La Cocinilla del Obispo is a small rock shelter in eastern Spain containing painted figures that document prehistoric ...

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