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Serra da Capivara National Park

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Many of the numerous rock shelters in the Serra da Capivara National Park are decorated with cave paintings, some more than 25,000 years old. They are an outstanding testimony to one of the oldest human communities of South America.

Date of Inscription: 1991

Exhibitions and conferences on the Serra da Capivara National Park

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The event called Serra da Capivara: Brazilians over 50,000 Years Old takes place in Brasilia, from 2 October to 15 December, 2013. It is about the Serra da Capivara National Park (Piauí), which is inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and hosts one of the world’s richest archaeological sites.

It entails two exhibitions: A Museum-Exhibition, part of the collection of the Museum of the American Man (in São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui) and The Exhibit of Ceramics made by residents of the Park surrounds. There will also be a series of conferences with international experts  organized by various institutions pushing current debates in archaeology, tourism, management of protected areas, management of natural heritage and productive inclusion of local populations.

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