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Cueva Ahumada
29.5945° N, -108.1570° E
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Cueva Ahumada is an archaeological site located within several canyons in the village of La Rinconada, García Municipality, in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Cave painting in northeastern Mexico covers two types of artwork: rock engraving, also called petroglyphs (Pictogram or pictographs). A third type of rock art, geoglyphs so far has not been detected in this region. Cave painting art is found in all human occupied continents, it is a world heritage, as proclaimed by UNESCO. Its antiquity goes back to the dawn of human prehistory. In France and Spain, the most ancient cave paintings date back to 30,000 years Before Present (BP).
Historical Timeline
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Regional end of last ice age occupation
c. 10,500 BP
Very early stone points in the region
>11,000 BP
University of Texas field program
1960–1967
Possible early Archaic deposits at Cueva Ahumada
c. 6000 BP
Boca de Potrerillos early occupation date
c. 8000 BP
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