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This article is an embarrassment to the anglophone world. The rock art in Chiribiquete is already well-known in Colombia. Perhaps this expedition discovered s
by da39a3ee 6y ago
This article is an embarrassment to the anglophone world.
The rock art in Chiribiquete is already well-known in Colombia.
Perhaps this expedition discovered some new cliffs with paintings, or perhaps not. I doubt it personally, more like they got a film crew there.
But the article gives the distinct impression that Colombians (including the indigenous people of the amazon basin) themselves aren't capable of discovering anything, but require an "expedition" from the UK and an associated channel 4 film crew to discover it for them. You'd have thought we left that sort of patronising colonial fantasy stuff behind when we left the 19th century. The Indiana Jones-lite anecdote about the fucking snake they encountered? It sounds brainless even by the standards of an evening documentary to show on British TV, but to plaster it on the front page of the Guardian is even more ridiculous, especially considering the Guardian's politics and the great anglophone lurch wokeward of 2020.
- breals 6y agoThere is even a Wikipedia article on this already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiribiquete_National_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiribiquete_National_Park That contains pictures of the rock art that goes back to 2013. Maybe "discovered" is the wrong word or they knew it would get clicks.
- ingenieros 6y agoThere's even a documentary from 2015 called Colombia Wild Magic available on Netflix and Amazon Prime: https://youtu.be/qY-lL8GscUo?t=167 https://youtu.be/qY-lL8GscUo?t=167
- Igelau 6y agoEasy there, before you start foaming. In case you blacked out after the first paragraph, they mentioned that site. > The site is in the Serranía de la Lindosa where, along with the Chiribiquete national park, other rock art had been found. The documentary’s presenter, Ella Al-Shamahi, an archaeologist and explorer, told the Observer: “The new site is so new, they haven’t even given it a name yet.”
- wyck 6y agoTo be honest the title is a bit sensationalist (Sistine chapel ..ya that's a journalist), its from the twitter of a TV show host not a scientist. The whole area is famous for rock art and has been documented since the pre 1940's. Tens of thousands of district rock art has been found here for decades, this exact area has been under excavation since 2015, but was previously excavated in 1989. Some of the site names are Angosturas II, Limoncillos, and Cerro Montoya. Oh and the very photo's published in the link are not new , there are articles from before 2018 showing the exact same image..
- tda 6y agoYep, at least part of the site is already on google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/MYLB2SEmnoyHmvUGA https://goo.gl/maps/MYLB2SEmnoyHmvUGA Really remote, like 500m away from a farm/main road. Maybe they discovered a few more remote sites, but the general presence of ancient rock paintings in that area must have been known for a long time
- acvny 6y agoI like this part the most: "The discovery was made last year, but has been kept secret until now as it was filmed for a major Channel 4 series to be screened in December: Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon."
- thinkingemote 6y agodifferent place, apparently.