by Jon Lackman | 9 March 2006 | Pre-Columbian
According to AFP, “Chilean and French scientists announced they have discovered for the first time elaborate pre-Columbian cave paintings by indigenous Alacaluf people on an isolated island in Patagonia … The Alacaluf, a nomadic and seafaring people indigenous to the area, were not previously known to have produced such art … The paintings, in mostly black and ochre colors, have a range of subject matter and varied techniques.”
