Pileta Cave ( Spanish: Cueva de la Pileta ) is located in the municipality of Benohan , province of Malaga , Spain .
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Numerous wall paintings in the Franco-Cantabrian style , depicting deer, horses, fish, goats, bulls, seals, bison, abstract symbols and figures with incomprehensible meanings, are presented in the Pileta cave, named after the hill of the same name where it is located.
Some of the drawings date back to the Paleolithic era , some - Neolithic . Drawings in the cave were discovered in 1905 by Jose Lobato Bouillon , later it was studied by archaeologists Willoughby Werner , Henri Braille and Hugo Obermeier .
Along with petroglyphs, black schematic figures of the Eneolithic era and the remains of Neolithic objects (painted ceramics and notches) were also found in the cave. The cave is a tourist attraction.
Literature
- Álvarez Rubiera A.- Entorno a las pinturas parietales de la cueva de la Pileta . Rev. Mainake, nº 15-16, ISSN: 0212-078X. Málaga, 1994.
- Bullón Giménez JA- EL cazador de la cueva de la Pileta . Monografías Espeleológicas, nº 3. Málaga, 1974.
- Saiz, C. et al (IRNA-CSIC) .- Modelización de las condiciones geológico-kársticas y microambientales de la Cueva de la Pileta (Málaga) en relación con su conservación . Proyecto de investigación del Grupo de Petrología Aplicada de la UA.
- Sanchidrián Torti JL- Propuesta de la secuencia figurativa en la Cueva de la Pileta . Eds. Fullola & Soler, El Món mediterrani després del Pleniglacial (18000-12000 BP), p. 411-430. Gerona, 1997.