🇦🇷 Argentina · Geoglyph
Sierra Pintada Geoglyphs
Late pre-Hispanic Agrelo-Viluco · Huarpe-Pehuenche
30 austral basalt geoglyphs (900-1500 CE) on Sierra Pintada, southernmost Andean desert lines at 37S.
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🇦🇷 Argentina · Geoglyph
Late pre-Hispanic Agrelo-Viluco · Huarpe-Pehuenche
30 austral basalt geoglyphs (900-1500 CE) on Sierra Pintada, southernmost Andean desert lines at 37S.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Rock art
Early Holocene to late Patagonia (~9300 BCE – 700 CE) · Patagonian hunter-gatherer (Tehuelche ancestors)
Canyon sandstone cave whose walls retain over 800 negative hand stencils made by spraying pigment through bone pipes around hands, interspersed with guanaco hunts, bola weapons and geometric discs.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Rock art
Paleo-Indian – Inca (c.10,620 BP – 1532 CE) · South Andean hunter-gatherer → Humahuaca → Inca (Coyas)
High puna painted cave system (10,620 BP – Inca 1450) in Humahuaca gorge: 6 caves (Inca Cueva 1,4,7) at 3680 m with stratified sequence: Fell-type projectile points 10.6k, early paintings of…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
The Casa Rosada (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkasa roˈsaða]), lit. 'the pink house', is the president of the Argentine Republic's official workplace, located in Buenos Aires.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Hypothetical site
Hypothetical pre-Hispanic to Historic · Hypothetical Huarpe / Historic pastoral
Hypothetical eastern ridge outlier above Potrero — 600 m wall and 6 m circles as pircas.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Geoglyph
Late Holocene (Patagonian hunter–gatherer, Araucanized) · Tehuelche / La Pampa foothill hunter–gatherers
70+ basalt circle and line geoglyphs (800–1600 CE) on La Pampa meseta — Patagonian pampa hunting cosmology.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Nombre de Jesús was a Spanish town in Patagonia, settled in 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa in the Magellan Strait.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Rock art
Middle–Late Holocene (Pampa–Patagonian transition 5000 BCE–1500 CE) · Patagonian–Cuyo hunter-gatherer → Agrelo (Mendoza)
Basalt boulder field (5,000–500 BP) along Atuel River canyon 60 km south of San Rafael, Mendoza: >800 petroglyphs pecked on 3–5 m basalt columns produced by Pleistocene Atuel volcanics, featuring…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
The Pucará de Tilcara is a pre-Inca fortification or pukara located on a hill just outside (approximately a 15-minute walk) the small town of Tilcara, in the Argentine province of Jujuy.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
The Ruins of Quilmes is an archaeological site in the Calchaquí Valleys, Tucumán Province, Argentina. The site was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in the country, occupying about 30 hectares.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Piedra Museo is an archaeological site in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and one of the earliest known archaeological remains in the Americas.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Los Altares is a rural commune in Paso de Indios Department, Chubut Province in southern Argentina. As of 2001, it had 123 inhabitants.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Aquihuecó is an archaeological site in Argentina. It is located by the city of Chos Mahal in the Neuquén province of Argentina. Aquihuecó is the biggest hunter-gatherer burial site in Patagonia.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Hypothetical site
Hypothetical pre-Hispanic to Historic · Hypothetical Huarpe / Historic Hualtaran pastoral
Hypothetical central causeway on Potrero de la Aguada floor — 800 m pavement amid historic corrals.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Talampaya National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Talampaya) is a national park located in the east/centre of La Rioja Province, Argentina.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
The Reserva Provincial Castillos de Pincheira (Spanish: Pincheira's Castles Provincial Reserve) is a natural area protected in Argentina.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Nevado de Acay is a 5,950-metre-high (19,520 ft) mountain in Argentina. It is a volcanic intrusion that formed during the Miocene and was later exposed.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Los Toldos is an archaeological site in Santa Cruz, Argentina,. Evidence has been found there of human activity dating back to nearly 13,000 years ago. It is the namesake of the Toldense culture group.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Ongamira is a valley located north of the Valle de Punilla and northwest of the city of Córdoba, Argentina.