Abrigo de Cueva de La Graja, en Jimena

La Graja Rockshelter

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Type of site:
Rock-shelters

Place of location: Hermitage of Cánava
Village/Town: Jimena
Municipality: Jimena (Jaén)
Region: Andalucía
State: Spain
Telephone: (+34) 953 357 001
Website: https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/portal/web/ventanadelvisitante
E-mail: ayuntamientodejimena@gmail.com

Natural Environment:

Sierra Mágina Natural Park. The Massif of Sierra Mágina is catalogued in the Special Plan for the Protection of the Physical Environment.

Archaeological evidences in the site:

LA GRAJA I: This is a shallow rock-shelter with a small alcove in the centre and towards the interior, which divides the wall into two parts, both of which contain paintings. They are about 6m wide and 5m high at the entrance and 6m deep. The paintings are divided into the groups on the right and on the left of the entrance. Each of these includes several sub-groups. LA GRAJA II: This is a small shallow rock-shelter on a narrow ledge, 5m from the base of the cliffs.

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Booking and access:

The sites have a fence. The key can be obtained at Jimena Town Hall. Information and contact: Jimena’s town hall (Jaen). E-mail: ayuntamientodejimena@gmail.com http: // www.jimena.es Tlf: +34 953 357001

Nearby cultural destinations:

Settlements: Copper Age, Neolithic, Prehistoric, Roman and Medieval sites in general in Sierra Mágina, Lomas de Baeza and Úbeda, Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas, etc. Rock-art sites: Copper Age, Neolithic.

Nearby natural destinations:

Natural Park of Sierra Mágina, Natural Park of Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas, Sierra Morena, Guadalquivir Valley, etc.

Accommodations (Tourism Website):
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Restaurants (Tourism Website):
https://www.jimena.es/turismo.html

Age of the artistic representations:

Neolithic to the Copper Age.

General description of the destination:

In LA GRAJA I, the paintings are divided between a group on the right and another on the left of the entrance. The left-hand group is divided into up to five sub-groups, with anthropomorphs of different forms and sizes, with feathers and horns on their heads, some with curved arms and a headless one. The animals are goats, and there are stripes, lines and comb-like and eye-like signs, sometimes associated with the anthropomorphs. The most common colour is red, in different shades. On the right, there are anthropomorphs (8) with curved arms and some of them in pairs, animals, above all goats (5) and other deteriorated figures. An outstanding figure is an anthropomorph with two goats, possibly a scene of domestication. LA GRAJA II contains a small group of branching figures (like centipedes), stripes and remains in carmine red. The figures are poorly conserved because of the effect of rainwater, and agree stylistically with the art in La Graja I Rock-shelter.

History of the site:

The paintings were discovered in 1902 by Eduardo Cobos, a notary public in Jimena. Six years later, Gómez-Moreno carried out a detailed study in his work “Pictografías andaluzas”.

Museographic resources description:

Didactic panels in the rock-shelters.