🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Zona 6 (Solana de las Covachas)
Levantine painted imagery on a Mediterranean hillside
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO-listed rock art complex in eastern Spain's Mediterranean region
- Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic Levantine artistic tradition
- Slender anthropomorphic figures rendered in red mineral pigments
- Part of the broader Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin ensemble
Zona 6 (Solana de las Covachas) is one of several archaeological areas within the Solana de las Covachas rock art complex, located in eastern Spain's Mediterranean landscape. The site preserves Levantine painted imagery created by prehistoric communities and reflects aspects of their social structure, ritual practice, and subsistence activities. Its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list recognizes the significance of this rock art tradition within the broader Mediterranean Basin context ...