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The Desert Speaks
Argentina: Ancient Patagonia People
Season 17
Episode 1713
The travelers stop at the Cuerva de los Manos, where the famous stenciled handprints were created by blowing through a straw-like instrument filled with paint. Visit a site currently being excavated and offering evidence that people inhabited Patagonia possibly as long as 12,000 years ago. The trip also includes a visit to some of the little ranches and sheep herding gauchos.
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