Analysis shows the artists in the Parpalló Cave used natural pigments made from natural iron oxides such as haematite and goethite, more in the comments on our page. The Parpalló cave (Gandía, Spain) is one of the most important Palaeolithic sites in the Spanish Mediterranean region. It is characterized by portable art whose archaeological sequence covers a dilated period (26,000 to 11,000 BP) and includes plaquettes decorated with black and different shades of red and yellow pigments.
Published on September 13, 2021 03:09
