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Multi-periodSite Name: Cuatro Cienegas FootprintsCountry: Mexico Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Cuatrocienegas
Latitude: 26.986000N Longitude: 102.067W
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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near Cuatrocienegas de Carranza, Coahuila, Mexico
Mexican footprints may be among oldest in Americas. Fossilized imprint of human footsteps discovered in May 2006 in Coahuila, Mexico. Location is given for the nearby town. The access to this site is unknown.
Cuatro Cienegas, "The Four Marshes," is in a biological preserve south of Cuatrocienegas de Carranza. The area is known for a biological preserve surrounding a series of unique desert springs. This unique ecosystem is cited by the Nature Conservancy as being comparable to the Galapagos in ecological diversity.
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