ROCK ART OF PERU
Maarten van Hoek Updated September 2009
| THE ANDES POSSIBLY HAS MORE THAN A THOUSAND SITES WHERE PETROGLYPHS ARE FOUND; MANY SITES HAVING TENS, EVEN HUNDREDS OF STONES WITH IMAGES. ANOTHER 400 SITES HAVE ROCK PAINTINGS AND SEVERAL AREAS HAVE GEOGLYPHS. IN THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGES ANDEAN PETROGLYPHS WILL BE SHOWN AND DISCUSSED.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THOSE SITES ARE IN CONSTANT AND ACUTE DANGER TO BE VANDALISED AND/OR DESTROYED. FOR THAT REASON I HESITATE TO REVEAL THE EXACT LOCATION OF SEVERAL SITES. IN THE PAST MANY OF THOSE ENDANGERED SITES HAVE BECOME MORE PUBLICLY KNOWN. FOR INSTANCE, THE SITES OF TORO MUERTO AND YONAN IN PERU ARE NOW EXPLICITLY SIGNPOSTED DIRECTLY ON THE MAIN ROAD AND ARE MADE BETTER ACCESSIBLE. OTHER SITES - LIKE CERRO SAN SIMON, ALSO IN PERU - 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. UNFORTUNATELY THE PETROGLYPHS CERRO SAN SIMON HAVE ALMOST COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. THEREFORE, IN THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGES, I WILL NOT PUBLISH ANY SATELLITE PHOTOS (for instance by NASA and GOOGLE) THAT WILL SHOW LOCATION DETAILS WITH WHICH THE CASUAL VISITOR WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT THE SITE. MOREOVER, I HOPE THAT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL 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 rocks bearing rock art * 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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