Cueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇦🇷 Santa Cruz, Cueva de las Manos, Argentina
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About Cueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7
Cueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7 in Santa Cruz, Cueva de las Manos, Argentina is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal panel 12 m long × 3 m high and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at -47.1550N -70.6550E controls access to Santa Cruz resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock art for Santa Cruz, Cueva de las Manos, illustrating Multi-period rock art construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Meaning of iconographic motifs
- 02Dating of superimposed phases
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Multi-period rock art
- Purpose
- Rock art sanctuary and ritual landscape with petroglyphs/pictographs
- Rediscovered
- 1979 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Cueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7 main structure
c. 1919
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1979–2009
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Cueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
47.1550° S · 70.6550° W · 213 m · 3 mapped features
Cueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7 — Main Structure
panelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel
47.1542° S · 70.6541° WCueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7 — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
47.1560° S · 70.6557° WCueva de las Manos Hunting Scene Panel 7 — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension
47.1535° S · 70.6538° W