Cueva de las Manos

Cueva de las Manos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_las_Manos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_las_Manos

by Mariano

Left to right: Herd of guanacos in Santa Cruz, Argentina; hunting scene at Paredón de las Escenas, Cueva de las Manos, depicting guanacos in an animal drive
Left to right: Herd of guanacos in Santa Cruz, Argentina; hunting scene at Paredón de las Escenas, Cueva de las Manos, depicting guanacos in an animal drive

by Marianocecowski

Clockwise from top left: concentric circles next to a guanaco; a red lizard; a pair of hands
Clockwise from top left: concentric circles next to a guanaco; a red lizard; a pair of hands

by LuigiStudio

Clockwise from top left: concentric circles next to a guanaco; a red lizard; a pair of hands
Clockwise from top left: concentric circles next to a guanaco; a red lizard; a pair of hands

by LuigiStudio

Clockwise from top left: concentric circles next to a guanaco; a red lizard; a pair of hands
Clockwise from top left: concentric circles next to a guanaco; a red lizard; a pair of hands

by LuigiStudio

Left to right: rhea feet among human hands; zigzag patterns alongside hands, dots, and guanacos
Left to right: rhea feet among human hands; zigzag patterns alongside hands, dots, and guanacos

by Maclemo

Left to right: rhea feet among human hands; zigzag patterns alongside hands, dots, and guanacos
Left to right: rhea feet among human hands; zigzag patterns alongside hands, dots, and guanacos

by Fjturban

Paintings of a humanoid, guanacos, hands, and concentric circles
Paintings of a humanoid, guanacos, hands, and concentric circles

by Reinhard Jahn, Mannheim / nanosmile and one more author

Dynamic, black guanacos in running motion, typical of style A2
Dynamic, black guanacos in running motion, typical of style A2

by Carlos Zito and one more author

Left to right: Humanoid stick figure, shown in the red, stylized manner characteristic of Stylistic group C; red guanacos in Stylistic group B.
Left to right: Humanoid stick figure, shown in the red, stylized manner characteristic of Stylistic group C; red guanacos in Stylistic group B.

by Reinhard Jahn, Mannheim and one more author

Left to right: Humanoid stick figure, shown in the red, stylized manner characteristic of Stylistic group C; red guanacos in Stylistic group B.
Left to right: Humanoid stick figure, shown in the red, stylized manner characteristic of Stylistic group C; red guanacos in Stylistic group B.

by Maclemo and one more author

Tourists visiting the cave
Tourists visiting the cave

by Carlos Zito

Pinturas Canyon, view from the caves
Pinturas Canyon, view from the caves

by Mariano

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Cueva de las Manos
Wikipedia

Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of the Hands or Cave of Hands) is a cave and complex of rock art sites in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km (101 mi) south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls. The art was created in several waves between 7,300 BC and 700 AD, during the Archaic period of pre-Columbian South America. The age of the paintings was calculated from the remains of bone pipes used for spraying the paint on the wall of the cave to create the artwork, radiocarbon dating of the artwork, and stratigraphic dating.

The site is considered by some scholars to be the best material evidence of early South American hunter-gatherer groups. Argentine surveyor and archaeologist Carlos J. Gradin and his team conducted the most important research on the site in 1964, when they began excavating sites during a 30-year study of cave art in and around Cueva de las Manos. The site is a National Historic Monument in Argentina and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

site
Date Common Era
-7300
Rock Art Type
Print,Pictograph (Painting),Stencil
Rock Art Tools
Rock Art Style
Abstract,Geometric,Naturalistic
Rock Art Subject Matter
Abstract,Fauna,Geometric Shape
Color
black,red,yellow
Width (m)
Height (m)
Depth (m)
Site Biome
Desert,Savanna
Ground Surface
Site Type
Site Orientation
No. of Sites
1
No. of Panels
No. of Motifs
Condition
Issues
Physical Work