{"id":3777,"date":"2019-10-07T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/wp2025\/?post_type=actividades&p=3777"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:33:24","slug":"archeology","status":"publish","type":"actividades","link":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/actividades\/archeology\/","title":{"rendered":"Archeology"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Archaeological discoveries and treasures<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Archaeological discoveries give Patagonia a powerful singularity. Evidence of enormous cultural richness and value to humanity is available to visitors who come to the region. Surrounded by valleys, forests, canyons, and rock formations, they bear the traces of the most ancient inhabitants of our Earth. For 10,000 years, the ancient inhabitants of Santa Cruz left their mark in caves, eaves, and rock walls. \u201cCueva de las Manos\u201d is the most notable example: a true sanctuary of rock art, declared a Cultural World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Guided tours lead to the discovery of 800 hand paintings and hunting scenes amidst the spectacular canyon of the Valley of the \u201cPinturas\u201d River. Near the Cattle Ranch \u201cLa Mar\u00eda,\u201d 150 km from Puerto San Juli\u00e1n, other archaeological evidence can be seen in paintings dating back 12,600 years, in 87 caves and eaves along 12 canyons. The Carlos Grad\u00edn Archaeology Museum at the locality of Perito Moreno offers a tour of the history of Patagonia’s earliest inhabitants. Discovered by Expert Moreno in 1877, \u201cPunta Walich\u00fa\u201d and \u201cPlaya Bonita\u201d are other examples of later rock art in Santa Cruz, with 4,000-year-old paintings, just 8 km from El Calafate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In the province of Chubut, the Leleque Museum tells the story of the people who inhabited Patagonia: the changes in the societies that populated the territory, the conflicts, beliefs, and religious rituals are all part of a long history. A hundred meters from \u201cLa Trochita\u201d railway and at the foot of the Andes Mountain Range, various vestiges of the indigenous people who inhabited these lands can be appreciated by visitors nowadays. Other sites of archaeological interest included are the Piedra Parada Natural Area, Piedra Pintada in Epuy\u00e9n, and the \u201cCerro Pintado\u201d in Cholila.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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At the Lihu\u00e9 Calel National Park in La Pampa, whose name means \u201cmountain ranges of life,\u201d you can visit a late rock art exhibition: the \u201cValle de las Pinturas\u201d, with red and black geometric motifs dating back approximately 2,000 years.<\/p>\r\n

The \u201cCerro de los Viejos\u201d archaeological site is located in the northwest, 90 km from La Adela, in the department of Caleu Caleu. At 216 meters above sea level, this granite basement outcrop is the highest elevation in the region, amidst the Cald\u00e9n Mountains. Between 17th and 19th centuries, a system of dams was built to improve water management. In these six dams, the indigenous people created a large water mirror, which allowed them to store water during cattle drives to Chile.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Various areas in the province of R\u00edo Negro boast important archaeological findings: the \u201cCarri-Laufquen Grande\u201d lagoon, the large caves of \u201cPampa Alegre,\u201d and the rock paintings of \u201cCerro Bandera\u201d are major attractions. Basalt formations with natural caves are prominent in \u201cAngostura de \u00d1ancucheo.\u201d \u201cCasa de Piedra\u201d on the Maquinchao stream displays the remains of what was once a settlement of indigenous cultures, with rock paintings, and the imposing beauty of the \u201c39\u201d Canyon, with rock art next to a petrified forest. A seductive proposal for archaeology lovers. Also in R\u00edo Negro, enormous fossil conglomerates of marine remains can be seen at the \u201cCerro Catan Lil,\u201d near the town of Ingeniero Jacobacci.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The territory of Tierra del Fuego was inhabited by nomadic hunter-gatherer societies. Numerous archaeological sites, either excavated or still under study, bear witness to the entire process of occupation by indigenous societies, which began more than 10,000 years ago in the north of the island and around 6,000 years ago on the coasts of the Beagle Channel.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1465,"template":"","class_list":["post-3777","actividades","type-actividades","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actividades\/3777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actividades"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actividades"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actividades\/3777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8272,"href":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actividades\/3777\/revisions\/8272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patagonia.gob.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}