Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
Prehistoric rock paintings in Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
27.6556° N, -112.9161° E
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The Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco are prehistoric rock art pictographs found in the Sierra de San Francisco mountain range in Mulegé Municipality of the northern region of Baja California Sur state, in Mexico.
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Earliest radiocarbon dates
c. 5500 BCE
European discovery
18th century
Cochimi cultural extinction
19th century
World Heritage inscription
1993
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