Ulldecona: Rock Art on the Ports Edge
Catalonia, Spain
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Ulldecona: Rock Art on the Ports Edge
300 + 100 XP
The shelters at the Ermites de la Pietat above Ulldecona hold one of the densest concentrations of Levantine rock art anywhere — hunting scenes, archers, deer and human figures painted on the rock overhangs, part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula listed by UNESCO in 1998. Levantine art is unusual because it shows narrative: people doing things to each other and to animals, rather than isolated beasts. Below the shelters the Montsià and the Ports run away inland and the Ebro delta lies to the north.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Go up to the shelters with the guide and find the archers and the hunting scenes
2
of 5
Work out what makes Levantine art different: it shows narrative, with people acting, not just animals
3
of 5
Work out why the paintings are under overhangs and what that has to do with their survival
4
of 5
Find out what the 1998 UNESCO listing covers and how many sites are in it
5
of 5
Look out from the shelters at the Ports behind and the delta to the north, and work out why people were here
Go up to the shelters with the guide and find the archers and the hunting scenes
Work out what makes Levantine art different: it shows narrative, with people acting, not just animals
Work out why the paintings are under overhangs and what that has to do with their survival
Find out what the 1998 UNESCO listing covers and how many sites are in it
Look out from the shelters at the Ports behind and the delta to the north, and work out why people were here
Before you go
The shelters can only be visited on a booked guided tour. Never touch or wet the paintings.
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