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Cave of the Hands

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Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
Cave of the Hands
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+54 2963 49-1261

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Perito Moreno, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos is a cave or a series of caves located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is famous for the paintings of hands. The art in the cave dates from 13,000 to 9,000 years ago. Several waves of people occupied the cave, and early artwork has been carbon-dated to ca. 9300 BP . The age of the paintings was calculated from the remains of bone-made pipes used for spraying the paint on the wall of the cave to create silhouettes of hands. The site was last inhabited around 700 AD, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. It was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999.
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