Las Labradas (Sinaloa)
{{short description|Archaeological site in Sinaloa, Mexico}}
Las Labradas is an archaeological site located on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio, in southern Sinaloa, Mexico.[http://www.revistadelauniversidad.unam.mx/1405/pdfs/107-108.pdf The Petroglyphs of Las Labradas] Justina de Cima de Berdegué. With access on November 21, 2011.
Location
Thirty-three kilometers south of the Gulf of California coast is the mouth of Piaxtla River. There, there is a port called Piaxtla Bars. On one of the beaches of that port is a set of petroglyphs, some of which date back to the ninth and tenth centuries, called Las Labradas.
An investigation has been carried out on the petroglyphs of the region, which were mostly carried out on a cliff of volcanic rock, called La Ventana. It has been determined that some of the petroglyphs could date back thousands of years.
Due to the plastic quality of the glyphs, the site is considered one of the most important places of rock art in American continent. Various forms of plants, flowers, fish, humans and zoomorphic figures are strangely stylized.{{Cite web
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Gallery
File:Petroglifos de Las Labradas 09.jpg|Petroglyphs of the archaeological site of Las Labradas, situated on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio (Mexican state of Sinaloa)
File:Petroglifos de Las Labradas 11.jpg|Petroglyphs of the archaeological site of Las Labradas, situated on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio (Mexican state of Sinaloa)
File:Petroglifos de Las Labradas 08.jpg|Petroglyphs of the archaeological site of Las Labradas, situated on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio (Mexican state of Sinaloa)
File:Petroglifos de Las Labradas 12.jpg|Petroglyphs of the archaeological site of Las Labradas, situated on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio (Mexican state of Sinaloa)
File:Petroglifos de Las Labradas 04.jpg|Petroglyphs of the archaeological site of Las Labradas, situated on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio (Mexican state of Sinaloa)
References
External links
{{Commons category|Las Labradas}}
- [https://www.visitmexico.com/en/actividades-principales/sinaloa/discover-the-engravings-of-las-labradas Discover the engravings of Las Labradas]
- [https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5785/ Las Labradas, Sinalao archaeological site]
- [https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2013/01/06/the-petroglyphs-of-las-labradas-more-information-about-the-research-on-the-late-archaic-of-northwest-mexico/ The Petroglyphs of Las Labradas – More Information about the Late Archaic of Northwest Mexico]
Category:Archaeological sites in Mexico