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san borjita caves, mulegé, baja california

San Borjita caves
Mulege baja california at 60 km from sta rosalia, following entry to palo verde!


The cave paintings found in the Cave San Borjita, Baja California Sur, may representthe earliest example of such kinds of plastic produced by prehistoric man, which has been dated so far in America. This concerns the results obtained recently by analysisof dating, which yields an age of seven thousand 500 years. To corroborate this, specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) is currentlycarrying out a validation process 60 samples of binders of pigments, which wereanalyzed by the radiocarbon method. With this study may expand the fledglingchronology is known for rock art


The rock paintings of San Borjitas cave bear witness to the passing of those whoinhabited these regions. Road from Santa Rosalia must travel 75 km, with a journey time of approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes. These paintings are very famous in the peninsula for its impressive size, measuring about 4 m high and 30 wide, from theentrance to the bottom is about 20 m.


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