Cueva de las Manos Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
cave with cave paintings in Santa Cruz, Argentina
About Cueva de las Manos
The cave discovered by a monk in 1941 is located in the canyon of theRío Pinturas, about80km (50mi)south of the small town of Perito Moreno. The paintings date from 7000 to 1000 BC, according to other sources there are also some from up to 13000 BC. There is controversy about the dates, because if the older dates are correct, this could overturn the Clovis theory, which is widespread in the scientific community. According to it the whole of America was colonized from Alaska. Other sites from the region and southern Chile, some of which even go as far as approx. 30000 BC. BC (especiallyMonte Verde) would be significantly older than the oldest finds in North America, which would rather indicate a separate settlement of South America from Polynesia, for example. The canyon itself is one of th
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