Cave and archaeological site in Spain
One of the many paleolithic hierogamies of Los Casares, in that representing a sexual act.
Cueva de los Casares is a cave in Riba de Saelices (Province of Guadalajara , Castile-La Mancha , Spain ). Discovered in 1933, it contains a number of paleolithic cave paintings , and is most notable for a series of paintings depicting what some have argued is the earliest representation of human understanding of the reproductive process , featuring images of copulation (perhaps mediated by a mysterious shaman figure), pregnancy, childbirth, and family life. Mammoths and other animals feature frequently in the illustrations. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1935.[ 1]
There are many representations of animals, anthropomorphs (human-like figures), and ideograms (including penises, vulvas, tools, and more abstract images).
The cave and its paintings are little known to scholars outside Spain.
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