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ROQUES GUÀRDIES II

UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cave Paintings
The paintings are located in a cave with a sunken and fractured hood that has a slight north-east orientation. The site is on the south-facing slope of a hill that forms part of an elongated ridge running parallel to the Puigpelat valley (Les Borges Blanques, Les Garrigues - Spain).

Roques Guàrdies II
The paintings are located in one of the concavities that form the hood of a small cavern. It is about 1.5 m above ground level and has a NE orientation. Five figures have been identified corresponding to bars, vertical strokes and remains of pigment, drawn in abstract style and with a simple line technique. All of the figures are red except the remains of pigment, which are yellowish-orange and reddish-orange.

These types of motifs are found in practically all of the shelters where non-representational cave paintings appear and are typically related with the Bronze Age. It must, however, be kept in mind that it is difficult to date the deposit at the base of the cave, which has an ash-coloured layer and has been found to contain the following material: a triangular section of lamina, shards of flint and a scratching implement. In the same area, two fragments of grinder, two shards of flint, a fragment of slate and human remains have also been found, as well as handmade pottery, several fragments of slate and remains of animal bones.


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