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The Desert Speaks

Argentina: Ancient Patagonia People

Season 17 Episode 1713 | 26m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

Continue the journey through the gorgeously diverse Patagonia landscape.

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.

04/28/2007 | Expires 04/28/2027 | Rating TV-G

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The Desert Speaks

Argentina: Ancient Patagonia People

Season 17 Episode 1713 | 26m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

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.

04/28/2007 | Expires 04/28/2027 | Rating TV-G

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