SIARB - Rock Art of Bolivia
BOLIVIAN ROCK ART RESEARCH SOCIETY

Sociedad de Investigacion del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia

	El Buey rock shelter Bolivia

This rock shelter is situated at the border of departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. It displays a great variety of paintings, probably all belonging to a prehispanic period when ceramics and textiles flourished. One of the designs seems to depict a textile. Most figures were painted in dark red, others in different shades of red, pink, white and black. The principal panel is dominated by a large stylized serpent (length: 1,80 m). Anthropomorphs, figures of cuadrupeds, as well as numerous geometric or abstract designs are represented.

Striking similarities of paintings from El Buey and petroglyphs of Campeche Click for Enlargements