| |
|
|
|
Cantabria is
located in the center of the cantabrian coast, flanked by
Asturias to the west and the Basque Country to the East.
Orographically it is a montanious area, this fact made it
to be known traditionally as "La Montaña"
(The mountain). The altitude on the areas close to the
sea do not exceed 600 meters, and it is in this narrow
strip where the ensembles with palaeolithic rock art are
situated. On the South of this strip we will find a
natural border of high mountains, "Picos de
Europa", shared with Asturias and Castilla y
León, with altituds greater than 2000 meters, while to
the East it blends into the Basque Countrys in the "Encartaciones"
area. The palaeolithic rock art
that we know today in Cantabria is always located in
caves. However, there is the possibility that rocky
surfaces on open air could have been decorated, as it
occurs in other parts of the Iberian Peninsula: FOZ
COA , SIEGA VERDE
or DOMINGO GARCIA.
|
|
|
|
