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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stone house Pichasca - Ancient Village or Settlement in Chile

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Saturday, 28 June 2014  Page Views: 6705

Multi-periodSite Name: Stone house Pichasca Alternative Name: M.N. Pichasca bosque petrificado, San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca
Country: Chile Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ovalle  Nearest Village: Pichasca
Latitude: 30.391849S  Longitude: 70.885232W
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.
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.
4 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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Stone house Pichasca
Stone house Pichasca submitted by KaiHofmann : Palaeolithic site in Chile. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Settlement/abri-cave of the palaeolithic from 8000 BC. Archaeologists have found a lot of artefacts of the palaeo-indians and rock art.

Nearby is a Petrified Forest.

Note: Study of pictographs within San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca rock-shelter, Chile records geometric linear motifs, curvilinear patterns and hand prints
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Stone house Pichasca
Stone house Pichasca submitted by KaiHofmann : Palaeolithic site in Chile. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Analysis of pictographs within San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca rock-shelter, Chile by Andy B on Saturday, 28 June 2014
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Geometric linear motifs, curvilinear patterns and hand prints recorded.

On-site and Post-site analysis of pictographs within the San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca rock-shelter, Limari Valley, North-Central Chile by George Nash

"The San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca rock-shelter, located some 70 km east of the provincial town of Ovalle within the province of Limari is considered one of Chile’s most important prehistoric sites with dates of human occupation dating to at least 10 ka BCE. The rock shelter standing within the foothills of the Southern Andes Mountains is cut into a semiarid environment. Since the 1960s there has been much archaeological interest with major excavations occurring between 1960 and 1970. As part of an intense survey of the rock shelter walls, archaeologists have discovered and recorded many prehistoric paintings that have been constructed using a variety of organic and inorganic pigments. The different painting styles suggest the paintings represent many generations of community.

In July 2013 an Anglo-Chilean/Argentinean team further explored the walls and ceilings of the rock-shelter in order to experiment with different photogrammetric recording techniques, including microscopy, arqueometrical analysys, and post-site digital analysis. This paper includes a synopsis of the long archaeological history of the site, along with observations and scientific analysis on a number of selected painted panels that are located within the central section of the rock shelter. The various scientific methodologies employed assisted in further understanding the underlying mechanisms that would have controlled and manipulated people to paint in this rock shelter.
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More Info: Study of colour pigments within a rock shelter in Central Chile
Publication Date: Jun 2, 2014
Publication Name: University of Bristol Speleological Society

https://www.academia.edu/7435772/On-site_and_Post-site_analysis_of_pictographs_within_the_San_Pedro_Viejo_de_Pichasca_rock-shelter_Limari_Valley_North-Central_Chile
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