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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tafi del Valle - Sculptured Stone in Argentina

Submitted by durhamnature on Tuesday, 29 January 2013  Page Views: 7295

Multi-periodSite Name: Tafi del Valle Alternative Name: Los Menhires Archaeological Reserve
Country: Argentina
NOTE: This site is 42.511 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Tucuman  Nearest Village: El Mollar
Latitude: 26.939649S  Longitude: 65.710109W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
5 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
4

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Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons : Photographed in May 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sculptured Stones in Argentina

Los Menhires Archaeological Reserve is a venue containing over 50 megaliths of the Tafí 1 culture, which dates back to the period between 820 BCE and 780 CE.

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Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons : Photographed in May 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "South American Archaeology..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons : Brochure with staff and opening hours. May 2019

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons : English Language part of the site brochure. Visited May 2019

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons : The museum office. Photographed in May 2019

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons : Panoramic view of much of the site. Photographed in May 2019

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons : Photographed in May 2019

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons

Tafi del Valle
Tafi del Valle submitted by DrewParsons

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Re: Tafi del Valle by davidmorgan on Friday, 30 December 2016
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Some of the stones can be seen on Street View:

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