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Rock ArtSite Name: Orinoco Rock Art
Country: Venezuela Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Puerto Ayacucho
Latitude: 5.626200N  Longitude: 67.6158W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
1

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Rock Art in Venezuela

Many newly-discovered rock carvings along the Orinoco River between Venezuela and Colombia.
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Re: Orinoco Rock Art by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 04 June 2024
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Monumental snake engravings of the Orinoco River by Philip Riris, José Ramón Oliver and Natalia Lozada Mendieta.
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