Cantil de las animas

A 4-metre-long petroglyph panel in Nayarit, Mexico, carved between 850 and 1350 AD by the Aztlan culture. The panel features fertility symbols including rain clouds, sectioned snail shells, and feminine vulvae, alongside faces and skulls oriented toward the east. Located in the mountain region above the Pacific coastal heartland of the Aztlan culture.[1][2]

TypePetroglyphs
Period500 - 1000 AD
CountryMexico
Coordinates21.7242° N, 104.8791° W

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