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Natural PlacesSite Name: Harakbut Face Alternative Name: Rostro Harakbut, Harakmbut Face, ArakmbutCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 206.463 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Cuzco Nearest Village: Pilcopata
Latitude: 12.77749S Longitude: 70.95537W
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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Located in the Amarakaeri Communal Preserve in southeast Peru is the "Harakbut Face," which resembles a gigantic man's face possibly chiseled into the local limestone. It is known by the local native Harakbut tribesmen as the "Rostro," which means "face" in their native language.[1] The Harakbut people see the formation as the face of a god. Living in the basins of the Colorado and Madre des Dios rivers for several thousand years, the Harakbut have a specific oral history of the Face, including myriad myths and legends that are still told to this day.[2]
References:
1. Valle 1, López 2, Tuyuka 3, Munduruku 4, Raoni 1, Gori-Tumi Echevarría 2, Poani Higino Tenório 3, Jairo Saw 4 (November 2018). "What is anthropogenic? On the cultural aetiology of geo-situated visual imagery in indigenous amazonia". Rock Art Research. 35(2) (November 2018): 123–144 – via ResearchGate.
2. Hill, David (2015-05-08). "Natural rockface or tribal sculpture? Peru and US's Hunt Oil don't care". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077
Further information and links:
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarakaeri_Communal_Reserve
Rock Art Blog: rockartblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/harakbut-stone-face-in-peru.html
Ancient Origins: http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/harakbut-face-0014509
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The Harakbut Face is located in the Amarakaeri Communal Preserve in southeast Peru. Pilcopata is one of the nearest villages.
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