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Cueva Ambrosio

Spain · Europe
Prehistoric cave art at Cueva Ambrosio© Nachosan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Of Interest

Rare Solutrean art in the arid southeast of Spain, in a monumental rock shelter

Age
~16,500 yrs
Period
Solutrean
Setting
Rock shelter
Art form
Paintings
Discovered
1992
Status
Open (Limited Access)
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A vast rock shelter in the arid uplands of Almería, a key Solutrean site of southeastern Spain. Engravings and red paintings found in 1992 — including a fine horse — extended the map of Paleolithic art into a region once thought empty of it; the shelter is protected as a natural monument.

Notable Features

  • ◦ Solutrean engraved horse
  • ◦ Monumental shelter setting
  • ◦ Southeastern outpost of cave art

Depicted Subjects

HorsesDeerBirds

Plan a Visit

AccessThis cave can be visited.
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