Cueva del Tío Modesto, pinturas rupestres

Abrigo del Tío Modesto,situado en un farallón de arenisca roja, donde se sitúan unas pinturas rupestres de belleza insospechada. Henarejos (Cuenca). Spain
In the last few years we have been carrying out a multidisciplinary research project in Sierra de las Cuerdas (Cuenca). One of its main objectives has been to get a first answer to those chronological problems. We chose Cueva del Tío Modesto (Fig. 1-3) initially because of several reasons: the complex series of superimpositions on the main panel, the superb preservation of Levantine figures, and the presence of a thick greyish patina that covered the whole of the panel. This Triassic red sandstone painted shelter was discovered in 1998 and was quickly placed behind an iron fence, so no recent anthropic damage has occurred, except that caused by the installation of the fence itself.

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• prehistoria
• paleolitico
• sandstone
• painted
• arte
• rupestre
• castilla
• la
• mancha
• abrigo
• del
• tío
• modesto
• henarejos
• cultura

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Ooohhh! Pictographs! I love those! Awesome!