Caicara del Orinoco
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| Coordinates: 7°39′N 66°10′W / 7.650°N 66.167°WCoordinates: 7°39′N 66°10′W / 7.650°N 66.167°W | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
Petroglyphs near Caicara
Caicara del Orinoco is a town in, and the administrative seat of, Cedeño Municipality, Bolívar State, Venezuela.
Currently the Venezuelan government is building a bridge across the Orinoco at Caicara. When completed the bridge will be 2.4 km long.
Prehistory[]
Alexander von Humboldt discovered petroglyphs carved in the granite and gneiss near the river at Caicara.[1] Further investigation revealed a large number of prehistoric petroglyphs in the area.[1]
History[]
It was founded in the middle of the Eighteenth Century.
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bendrat, T. A. (1912). "Discovery of Some New Petroglyphs near Caicara on the Orinoco" American Journal of Archaeology 16(4): pp. 518-523, pp. 518-519 (accessed via JSTOR)
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