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Rock ArtSite Name: Santa Elena (Brazil)Country: Brazil
NOTE: This site is 282.311 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Cuiba
Latitude: 15.333S Longitude: 56.95W
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 |
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Rock Art and habitation site in Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
More than one thousand anthropomorphic and animal figures and geometric signs have been inventoried in this rock shelter. Excavations conducted between 1985 and 2005, directed by researchers (National Museum of Natural History, Paris, and São Paulo University) revealed a stratigraphical sequence from the Late Pleistocene (3000 yr BP) to the Late Holocene (10000 yr BP.)
Lithic material, colorants, and plant remains were discovered in large quantities along with the megafauna remains at the lower levels with cultural associations.
Recently published reports describe giant sloth bones , stone artifacts, and charcoal dating to 23000 yr BP.
The location given is only approximate for the region. Access to the site is unknown.
Note: People may have lived in central Brazil more than 20,000 years ago. See comment.
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