For the past 24,000 years or so, a hidden sanctuary of Paleolithic rock art has endured on the walls of a cave near Valencia in eastern Spain, holding clues about the ancient artists and the world they inhabited.
"When we saw the first painted auroch, we immediately acknowledged it was important,"study co-author Aitor Ruiz-Redondo, senior lecturer of prehistory at the University of Zaragoza in Spain and research affiliate at the University of Southampton in the U.K.
"However, the actual shock of realizing its significance came long after the first discovery," Ruiz-Redondo That makes it all the more surprising – and intriguing – to find this array of cave art in this part of the Iberian Peninsula, hinting at how much we have yet to learn about human culture and symbolism in the Paleolithic.
The cave's paintings are unusual, too, since most were made with iron-rich red clay instead of the more common diluted ochre or manganese powder.
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