Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of the Hands) is a cave or a series of caves located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km (101 mi) south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is famous (and gets its name) for the paintings of hands, made by the indigenous inhabitants (possibly forefathers of the Tehuelches) some 9,000 years ago. The composition of the inks is mineral, and thus cannot be carbon dated, so the age of the paintings was calculated from the remains of bone-made pipes used for spraying the paint on the wall blocked by the hand. Canyon at the Pinturas River, view from the caves Hunting sceneThe cave lies in the valley of the Pinturas River, in an isolated spot in the Patagonian landscape.
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