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Prieto Archaeological Museum
25 de Mayo 788 West This museum comprises three halls and an open park. Amongst its most valuable exhibits there is an Indian petroglyph, "The Dancers", made on basalt rock that represents a magic dance related with fertility. "Stampede", another Indian petroglyph, depicts a herd of cattle and "Danger" represents a condor flying over a group of animals. These petroglyphs date from between 700 and 1,500 years before the present. This is a private museum operating in a house dating from 1850 with stone foundations, adobe walls and roofs made of mud and reed. Exhibits also include a ceremonial altar for offerings, a wide assortment of ceramics from different cultures such as Aguada, Ciénaga, Angualasto and Incaic, mortars and a basin for washing gold. San
José de Jáchal
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