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Rock ArtSite Name: Alto del Tigre Alternative Name: Alto del MortinoCountry: Colombia
NOTE: This site is 41.96 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: San Agustin
Latitude: 1.885017N Longitude: 76.229331W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rock Art in Colombia.
Alto del Tigre, known also as Alto del Mortino, is located south from Alto de las Guacas, near the same trial. On the plantation of oranges (private area) there is a single stone with rock art - the carving is believed to depict a tiger. The stone is about 1.2 m long and stand about 0.8 m above the ground level. It is very difficult to find and not signed on any trial, you have to ask the landowner to show it. Fortunately, it looks like INAS is interested in the site - when my father visited it, the landowner asked him if he came for inspection of the site.
The rock art in Alto del Tigre belongs to San Agustin culture, one of the main Pre-Colombian cultures of current Colombia.
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