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Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas (Argentina)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
VIII.C.1
Date
Nov 29, 1999
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
23e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

Property: Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas

Id. N°: 936

State Party: Argentina

Criteria: C (iii)

The Committee inscribed the site on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii):

Criterion (iii): Cueva de las Manos contains an outstanding collection of prehistoric rock art which bears witness to the culture of the earliest human societies in South America.