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here were rougher and cruder. Villages, some
built partially underground, were smaller.
Santiago del
Estero (the city)
is the oldest in
Argentina.
Life in the northeast was very similar to that in
the central region but, because there was access
to two large rivers (the Paraná and the Uru-
guay), fishing became an important part of the
economy.
The southernmost region of Argentina, Tierra
del Fuego, experienced little cultural develop-
ment. Few artifacts or examples of architecture
have been found. The peoples who lived here
were nomadic, moving throughout the area in
search of food that could be hunted, fished or
gathered.
Cave Drawings
There are beautiful caves throughout the
southern regions of Argentina. On their
walls, the paintings of these primitive peo-
ples are still visible. The best known of
these caves is
La Cueva de las Manos
,
just outside the village of Perito Moreno in
the province of Santa Cruz in the Lake Dis-
trict.
Archaeologists have identified four differ-
ent periods or styles in the highly stylized
drawings of animals, primarily guanacos
and men portrayed as hunters. While much
remains a mystery, the caves do provide
some insight into the prehistoric peoples
who populated the region.
