Type of site:
Megalithic rock art
Place of location: Combranda
Village/Town: Toranzo
Municipality: Vega de Liébana (Cantabria)
Region: Cantabria
State: Spain
Website: https://www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/megalithic-rock-art-of-combranda
Natural Environment:
The area of high mountain pastures of Sierra Bora, in the municipality of Vega de Liébana (south of Liébana), hosts a rich biodiversity characteristic of the Picos de Europa, the great mountain range of the Cantabrian region of the Iberian Peninsula. Bears, chamois, deer and the last capercaillies in Spain populate these places where the first livestock activity in the region took place.
Archaeological evidences in the site:
The region of Liébana preserves an abundant archaeological record from prehistoric times. In the caves and shelters of the gorge that communicates this area with the Cantabrian coast there are numerous vestiges of mountain goat hunters from the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic, including a cave with red paintings from the pre-Magdalenian period (Cueva Aurea). But the most abundant prehistoric element in the area are the megalithic monuments and the first peasant settlements, from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.