Pictograms from Upuigma-tepui rock shelter in Canaima National Park, Venezuela UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
An archaeologist has tracked down more than 20 rock art sites in south-eastern Venezuela decorated with evocative geometric designs that may date back several thousand years. The pictograms and petroglyphs offer a rare glimpse into the culture of people who lived in the forested highlands that now make up Canaima National Park, long before the arrival of Europeans.
of Simón BolÃvar University in Caracas, Venezuela, has collaborated for years with the Indigenous Pemón community to document the remote art, which he…
