Cueva del Moro
The Paleolithic Cueva del Moro ( German Cave of the Moors or Moors ) is located near Bolonia in Tarifa in the province of Cádiz in Spain . It belongs to the group of caves with rock paintings , the southern art ( Spanish Arte Sureño ),
The cave on a sandstone slab is a large abri , which consists of two overlapping floors and was formed by wind erosion and corrosion, which is characteristic of the silicate sandstones in the Campo de Gibraltar .
Inside there are engravings of horses as well as signs and other cave paintings in red color. The paintings discovered in 1994 by the German cave explorer Lothar Bergmann (1947–2004) are around 20,000 years old ( Solutréen ). Due to her extraordinary characteristics, the engraving of a pregnant mare is striking. It is the largest picture in the cave with a length of 1.08 m and a height of 78 cm.
The art created by hunters and collectors in the Cueva del Moro is characterized above all by figures of naturalistic animals. The main feature of the figures is the representation of the silhouette in side view. There are also cave paintings in the cave, which are made up of several groups of points. One of them consists of hundreds of dots and represents the largest painting of this group in the province of Cádiz.
Nearby lies Cueva de Palomas I .
See also
literature
- Michael Blech u. a .: Hispania antiqua. Monuments of the early days . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-8053-2804-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rock art on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula , known locally as Southern Art, refers to rock art that mainly exists in the provinces of Cádiz and Malaga.
Coordinates: 36 ° 6 '4 " N , 5 ° 47' 35.5" W.