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Rock art sites in Peru matching “Peru, Ancash” · Mysteria

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Rock art sites in Peru matching “Peru, Ancash”

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“Peru, Ancash”

🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art

Pañamarca

Classic · Maya/Andean; Moche

Pañamarca — Moche Painted Hall 13 murals.

🇵🇪 Peru · Cave

Guitarrero Cave

Lithic – Preceramic (c.12000–8000 BCE earliest; 8600 BCE cultigens) · Andean Lithic / Guitarrero tradition

Guitarrero Cave is a shallow limestone rockshelter on the west flank of the Cordillera Blanca above the Santa River at 2,580 m near Yungay, Ancash.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Quebrada Santo Domingo Geoglyphs

Late Formative to Early Intermediate (Salinar–Recuay) · Salinar / Recuay (Pashash)

40+ Salinar–Recuay cleared-pavement geoglyphs (500 BCE–400 CE) on Santa Valley quebrada fans.