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Natural PlacesSite Name: Grottos of Juxtlahuaca Alternative Name: Grutas de JuxtlahuacaCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 41.845 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Village: Colotlipa
Latitude: 17.433000N Longitude: 99.125W
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 |
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Cave with Pictographs in Guerreco, Mexico.
These caves in a National Park are known for beautiful natural formations. But approximately 2500 years ago they were used as a burial location and pictographs of red, gold, and black were created. The figures that can be discerned include a jaguar and a majestic figure draped in a jaguar skin - perhaps preparing to sacrifice a smaller figure.
The iconography has been interpreted as Olmec, although this area lies outside that traditionally considered to be associated with that pre-Maya culture.
The caves can be visited with a guide and a tour takes the better part of a day. Although a satellite map view shows the area full of small mountain villages, few of them are large enough to be labeled on internet maps.
Note: See comment for Article on a folk tradition in Central Mexico and its possible ties to sacrifice in pre-Maya era.
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