ROCK ART OF PERU
Maarten van Hoek Updated September 2006
| PERU HAS MORE THAN 400 SITES WHERE PETROGLYPHS ARE FOUND; MANY SITES HAVING TENS, EVEN HUNDREDS OF STONES WITH IMAGES. ANOTHER 400 SITES HAVE ROCK PAINTINGS AND SOME 40 AREAS HAVE GEOGLYPHS. IN THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGES MAINLY PERUVIAN PETROGLYPHS WILL BE SHOWN AND BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THOSE SITES ARE IN CONSTANT AND ACUTE DANGER TO BE VANDALISED AND/OR DESTROYED. FOR THAT REASON I HESITATED TO REVEAL THE EXACT LOCATION OF SEVERAL SITES IN MY EARLIER WEB PAGES. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS MANY OF THOSE ENDANGERED SITES HAVE BECOME MORE PUBLICLY KNOWN. FOR INSTANCE, THE SITES OF TORO MUERTO AND YONAN ARE NOW EXPLICITLY SIGNPOSTED DIRECTLY ON THE MAIN ROAD AND ARE MADE BETTER ACCESSIBLE. OTHER SITES LIKE CERRO SAN SIMON ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY ALONG THE MAIN ROAD AND ARE EVEN MORE VULNERABLE. AS A CONSEQUENCE, I NOTICED AN INCREASE OF VANDALISM AND DESTRUCTION AT SEVERAL SITES. THEREFORE, IN THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGES, I WILL PUBLISH SATELLITE PHOTOS (by NASA and GOOGLE) SHOWING LOCATION DETAILS, THUS HOPING TO FORCE THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO TAKE ADEQUATE MEASUREMENTS TO PROTECT AND SUPERVISE THESE IMPORTANT ROCK ART SITES OR AT LEAST TO DOCUMENT THEM BEFORE THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED FOREVER. RESPONSIBLE VISTOR BEHAVIOUR AT ROCK ART SITES * Never touch or wet rock art - it is highly damaging, especially to rock paintings * NEVER chalk or enhance petroglyphs * Do not walk on engraved rock * Leave all archaeological artefacts as they are * Only take photographs, only leave your footsteps |
VISIT ROCK ART SITES OF NORTH PERU |
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