Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (UNESCO/NHK)

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James Blake Wiener
by UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
published on 27 July 2018

From c. 100 B.C. to A.D. 1300, the Sierra de San Francisco, Mexico (in the El Vizcaino reserve, in Baja California) was home to a people who have now disappeared but who left one of the most outstanding collections of rock paintings in the world. They are remarkably well-preserved because of the dry climate and the inaccessibility of the site
Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/714/

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Kyokai, U. T. N. N. H. (2018, July 27). Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (UNESCO/NHK). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1497/rock-paintings-of-the-sierra-de-san-francisco-unes/

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