Cueva de las Manos

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Cueva de las Manos is a famous prehistoric cave complex in Argentine Patagonia renowned for its ancient rock art, especially stenciled handprints dating back thousands of years.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cueva de las Manos canonical 2
Cave of the Hands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cave complex ⓘ
prehistoric archaeological site ⓘ
rock art site ⓘ
artTechnique negative hand stencils ⓘ
pictographs ⓘ
positive hand prints ⓘ
associatedWith hunter-gatherer cultures of Patagonia ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
depicts abstract patterns ⓘ
guanacos ⓘ
hunting scenes with humans and animals ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans early 20th century ⓘ
earliestArtDate circa 9000 BCE ⓘ
elevation about 900 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfHandStencils over 800 ⓘ
hasConservationStatus protected area ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasTypeOfAccess guided visits ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1999 ⓘ
knownFor geometric motifs ⓘ
hunting scenes ⓘ
prehistoric rock art ⓘ
stenciled handprints ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
latestArtDate circa 1000 BCE ⓘ
locatedIn Cañadón del Río Pinturas ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
Santa Cruz Province ⓘ
locatedNear Perito Moreno (town) ⓘ
managedBy Argentine National Parks Administration ⓘ
material volcanic rock cliff ⓘ
meaningOfName Cave of the Hands ⓘ
linked to: Cueva de las Manos
openToPublic true ⓘ
paintBinder mineral pigments ⓘ
paintColor black ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
partOf World Heritage Sites in Argentina ⓘ
period Early Holocene ⓘ
significance one of the most important rock art sites in South America ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCORegion Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 936 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Cruz Province → contains → Cueva de las Manos ⓘ
Cueva de las Manos → meaningOfName → Cave of the Hands ⓘ
linked to: Cueva de las Manos