QUEBRADA ALTO DE LA GUITARRA
Maarten van Hoek Updated September 2006
| THIS MAP (1 KM SCALE GIVEN) SHOWS THE LOCATION OF EL VAGON, TRES CERRITOS AND THE QUEBRADA SITE, ALL WELL WITHIN THE MOCHE WATERSHED. AT THE EL VAGON SITE I NOTICED AT LEAST FOUR PETROGLYPH ROCKS THAT SEEM NOT TO HAVE BEEN RECORDED SINCE I COULD NOT FIND ANY REFERENCE TO THEM ANYWHERE. IN THE LINK BELOW TO EL VAGON I ONLY INCLUDE TWO OF THE NEWLY FOUND STONES.
JUST OUTSIDE THE MOCHE WATERSHED IS ALTO DE LA GUITARRA JUST BELOW THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE ROUTE FROM THE MOCHE VALLEY TO THE VIRU VALLEY. THE COLL IS JUST UNDER 900 M. THE PANORAMA FROM ALTO DE LA GUITARRA IS MAINLY TO THE SOUTH. TO THE WEST, THE VIEW IS BLOCKED BY CERRO DE LOS COLORADO, A MOUNTAIN RIDGE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN 1600 M. THE DECORATED BOULDERS AT ALTO DE LA GUITARRA ARE FOUND DIRECTLY BELOW THE COLL AND FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH IN AN AREA OF ROUGHLY 4 KM2 (INDICATED WITH THE RED CIRCLE). THE PETROGLYPHS ARE VERY FAINT AND VULNERABLE. ESPECIALLY THIS TYPE OF STONE EASILY FLAKES. SO PLEASE RESPECT THIS SACRED PLACE. RESPONSIBLE VISTOR BEHAVIOUR AT ROCK ART SITES * Never touch or wet rock art - it is highly damaging * Never chalk or enhance engravings * Do not walk on engraved rock * Leave all archaeological artefacts as they are * Only take photographs, only leave your footsteps |
There are hundreds of petroglyphs at Alto de la Guitarra on boulders scattered in an area of about four km2. Part of that large area is shown in the following page. The next page gives a very small selection of what can be seen here.
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