Angono Triglyphs
Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.
Philippines (Asia and the Pacific) | |
| Date of Submission: | 15/08/1993 |
| Criteria: | (iv) |
| Category: | Cultural |
| Submited by: |
Augusto F Villalon and the National Museum of the Philippines |
| Coordinates: | Angono, Rizal (Philippines) |
| Ref.: | 519 |
Description
The petroglyphs are engraved on the back wall of a rock shelter 63 meters wide, 8 meters deep and 5 meters at the highest point. The engravings are in a horizontal plane measuring 25 by 3 meters. There are 127 engraved animate figures, 7~O of which are concentrated centrally. Archaeological wirk in the area yielded both Neolithic and Paleolithic tools with fragmented pottery, with an estimated date of approximately 2,000 B.C.
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