But Cueva de las Manos in Patagonia contains an exceptional assemblage of cave art.
The entrance to the cave is screened by a rock wall covered by many hand stencils.
Some scenes show individual hunters and others groups of ten or more men.
The paintings belong to three distinct cultures.
The first human group were long-distance hunters whose main prey was the guanaco.
Around 7,000 BC a second cultural level can be identified, distinguished by hand stencils.
Hunting scenes are no longer found during this age.
There are also some examples of stencils of the feet of the American ostrich (nandu).
The final cultural began around 1,300 BC.
It was the creation of vast cattle ranches that brought their way of life to an end.
Sources:Wikipedia,UNESCO
