Ancient sites in Chile?

12pointer Apr 25, 2009 17:25:36

I'm planning a trip to Chile next month as a bit of a spur of the moment adventure having been laid off work this week.

Anyone know of any sites I should check out?
I've done a quick internet search but thought it worth asking here for any nuggets of information....
or if anyone is after a picture of something for their research.

Cheers all

Hob Apr 25, 2009 23:48:06

Replying to 12pointer

There's quite a bit of pre-columbian rock art in Chile, similar to the stuff you see in the SW of the US.

It may well be more faff than it's worth to try and locate them though. Do a google image search with 'Chile' and 'Petroglyph' as the criteria to see examples.

Jane Apr 26, 2009 17:00:07

Replying to 12pointer

Easter Island! Only a 6 hour flight from Santiago...
...but I guess you mean MAINLAND Chile.

The only ones I know about are the geoglyphs in the Atacama at Cerro Pintado, and the site at Monte Verde in the south: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Verde

I'd be interested to know what you find as we're wondering about going to Chile in the next couple of years (I have a friend moving to Santiago later this year.)

tiompan Apr 26, 2009 18:02:26

Replying to 12pointer

This might be of interest .
http://rupestreweb.tripod.com/tacitas.html