Megalithic Portal: Latest from Chile

Archaeological Museum of La Serena

CoppellaiaMatta — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:15:52 GMT

]]>Museum in Chile

Parque Almagro

davidmorgan — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:10:58 GMT

]]>Modern Stone Circle in Chile

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino de Santiago de Chile

DrewParsons — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:15:49 GMT

]]>The museum is housed in the late colonial era Real Casa de Aduana at Bandera 361 in central Santiago (Chile) just a block from the Plaza de Armas. It contains a large collection of pre-Colombian artefacts from across South America including a number of figurines.

Pilauco

davidmorgan — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:34:08 GMT

Ancient Settlement in Chile

Sendero Los Fosiles

DrewParsons — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 21:35:50 GMT

]]>Outdoor museum in Chile

Museo Histórico Municipalidad Natales

DrewParsons — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:57:45 GMT

]]>Museo Histórico Municipalidad Natales is an excellent small museum in the town of Puerto Natales in southern Chile

Monte Verde

bat400 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:02:57 GMT

]]>New clues emerge about the earliest known Americans, see the latest comment on our page. Ancient Settlement in Los Lagos State, Chile. Discovered in 1976 from "cow bone" eroding out of a bank, Monte Verde is one of the best documented and most accepted “pre-Clovis” sites in the Americas. In the peat bog on both sides of Chinchihuapi Creek finds of stone tools, non-local plant remains, animal bones, and the wooden foundations of huts indicate a year round settlement of at least 30 individuals. Radio-carbon dating of objects within artifact bearing strata indicate dates to 13000 years ago, with indications of nomadic camping to 17000 years ago.

Lluta Valley Geoglyphs

KaiHofmann — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:42:51 GMT

]]>Pre-Columbian geogpylphs near Arica, Chile. They probably show abstract designs of humans.

Stone house Pichasca

KaiHofmann — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 19:30:35 GMT

]]>Study of pictographs within San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca rock-shelter, Chile records geometric linear motifs, curvilinear patterns and hand prints. Settlement/abri-cave of the palaeolithic from 8000 BC. Archaeologists have found a lot of artefacts of the palaeo-indians and rock art.

San Miguel de Azapa Archaeological Museum

bat400 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:06:27 GMT

]]>In comments: Students Discover 7,000-Year-Old Mummy in Chile.. Museum in Arica Provence, Chile.This archaeological museum associated with the University of Tarapacá is ten km east of Arica, down the Azapa Valley. More than 20,000 artefacts are displayed, depicting the 10,000 year history of human culture in northern Chile. The area around Arica is one of the driest on earth and the location of cemeteries of the oldest intentionally preserved human remains in the world - the Chinchorro Mummies.

Petroglifos Yerbas Buenas

KaiHofmann — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:07:32 GMT

]]>Pre-Columbian petroglyphs in Chile's Atacama desert close to the village of San Pedro de Atacama. This is an impressive rocky outcrop with many carvings, including depictions of alpaca and llama figures, other regional animals and humans. They are believed to have been carved by yaris, or shamans, of past civilizations.

R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum

KaiHofmann — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:40:34 GMT

]]>Chilean mummies reveal ancient nicotine and hallucinogen habit (Warning: graphic images). The Museo R. P. Gustavo Le Paige in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile has an archaeological collection of about 380,000 pre-Columbian artifacts from the Atacameno culture.

Azapa Valley Geoglyphs

KaiHofmann — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:31:10 GMT

]]>Hill Figure in Chile.

Chug Chug Geoglyphs

KaiHofmann — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:28:40 GMT

]]>Hill Figure in Chile.

Cerro Sagrado Geoglyphs

KaiHofmann — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:28:10 GMT

Hill Figure in Chile.