ROCK ART OF THE PALPA VALLEY - PERU
Maarten van Hoek September 2006
| Although this area is famous for its geoglyphs, for instance the Nasca Lines, there are many petroglyph sites as well. Some are fully described, like the ones in the Palpa Valley and the La Caseta site in the Santa Cruz Valley. Several other sites are largely unknown, however, and are only mentioned in local tourist leaflets like the sites of Sotelo, Locari and Oronguillo in the Santa Cruz valley and Huarco in the Rio Grande Valley. Because of lack of time, these sites have not been visited by me. On the Internet an enormous amount of information is available on the Nasca Lines. The lesser known Palpa geoglyphs are described and a full report is accessible on the Internet as well.
In the Palpa Valley are at least six petroglyph sites: San Genaro (not visited because the local people did not know the exact location); La Viuda where I found eight rocks instead of the five that are described in the book by Nunez Jimenez; Pueblo Nuevo (only one rock - not visited); La Cantera and Chicchitara. Nunez Jimenez also describes the sites of La Cabanita and El Vado (both not visited), but Hostnig claims that Chicchitara is the same as La Cabanita although none of the petroglyphs that I saw at Chicchitara is listed under La Cabanita in Nunez Jimenez. At Chicchitara I noticed a serpentine petroglyph hidden behind a large block of stone that only is visible for a short time around noon (see photo). |
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