Eight new sites with cave paintings, whose age is estimated to be between 600 and 1 200 years, were identified in the Valdecañas mountain range, in the municipality of Fresnillo, Zacatecas. The registry expands knowledge about the archaeological heritage of the entity and provides new indications to understand the symbolic manifestations of the groups that inhabited that region during the pre-Hispanic period. Archaeologists of the INAH Zacatecas…
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The panels, with anthropomorphic figures, offer new clues about the worldview of former hunter-gatherers of Zacatecas. The post Rock paintings reveal pre-Hispanic sanctuary in Zacatecas appeared first in Eleven News.
Eight new sites with cave paintings, whose age is estimated to be between 600 and 1 200 years, were identified in the Valdecañas mountain range, in the municipality of Fresnillo, Zacatecas. The registry expands knowledge about the archaeological heritage of the entity and provides new indications to understand the symbolic manifestations of the groups that inhabited that region during the pre-Hispanic period. Archaeologists of the INAH Zacatecas…