<< Our Photo Pages >> Guitarrero Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in Peru
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Guitarrero Cave Alternative Name: Cueva del GuitarreroCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 19.52 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Huaraz
Latitude: 9.200457S Longitude: 77.709745W
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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Cave in the Ancash Region of Peru. One of the earliest human habitation sites in South America dating from approximately 10,000 years BC. The earliest textiles and some of the earliest domesticated plants in South America have been found here.
Note: Carbon dating identifies South America's oldest textiles
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