El Pedregal Archaeological Site

El Pedregal Archaeological Site
Philippe Costa 281280 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Also known as: El Pedregal (Costa Rica), Le Pedregal (Costa Rica), Pedregal (Costa Rica)

El Pedregal is a rock art site in northwest Costa Rica, 20 km from the Nicaraguan border in the Cordillera de Guanacaste mountains [1] [2]. The site was first scientifically documented in 1989 and is catalogued in the Costa Rican National Museum's archaeological database under key G-540-Pd [1]. It forms part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999 [3] [4].

TypeRock art
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryCosta Rica
Coordinates10.7485° N, 85.1528° W

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