Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (3000-1500 BCE)·Iberian Schematic·🇪🇸 Andalusia, Jaen, Spain
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About Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier
Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier in Andalusia, Jaen, Spain is a Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (3000-1500 BCE) rock art attributed to Iberian Schematic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal enclosure 4 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 37.7618N -3.7814E controls access to Andalusia, Jaen resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock-art for Andalusia, Jaen, illustrating Iberian Schematic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2200 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (3000-1500 BCE)
- Culture
- Iberian Schematic
- Purpose
- Rock art shelter and aggregation locus
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2200 BCE
Initial construction of Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 979 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
37.7618° N · 3.7814° W · 932 m · 3 mapped features
Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier — Main Rock-Art Feature
rock artPrimary rock art at Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
37.7605° N · 3.7833° WCueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
hydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
37.7634° N · 3.7811° WCueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
necropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Cueva del Romeral Rock Art Shelter West — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
37.7636° N · 3.7803° W