Cueva Pintada (California)

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Cueva Pintada
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pictographs from Cueva Pintada (1912)
Cueva Pintada Location in Monterey County
Location	King City, California
Coordinates	35°59′24″N 121°29′44″W / 35.99000°N 121.49556°W / 35.99000; -121.49556
Built	()
NRHP reference No.	75000445
Added to NRHP	February 13, 1975

Cueva Pintada, locally known as La Cueva Pintada, (in Spanish means "the painted cave"), is a well preserved prehistoric rock shelter covered with white, red, black, and ochre pictographs created by the Salinan people. The site is protected within Fort Hunter Liggett, located about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of King City, California, United States. Cueva Pintada was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1975.