It's located in the most high part of the Sierra Juárez, on the
north of Baja California State. The way to get there is by using the Federal
Highway No. 2 Mexicali-Tijuana, until get to a little town called La Rumorosa
in Km. 73, then keep your way to the north side taking a breach that past
away the El Chipo Restaurant, that directly take you to the arqueology
zone, getting through by the Santa María del Oro Ranch ahead in
Km. 3.
ORIGIN
Around three thousand years ago, penetrated in Baja California State various
migrating groups, they were the Yumanos, wich came from the South of United
States. The Prehistoric natives were nomad, hunters and collectors; when
the time past the village got divided in groups, each one got some territory,
where in looking of subsistence resources that the nature proportioned
them. Between the first colonists there were few groups like Kumiai, which
lived since the coast to the Highlands. As collectors, they go over all
their territory looking for fruit and seeds, such like the acorn, the pinion
and the little apple. They make use of the rocky preservations to protect
themself of the natural elements, moreover if near of it where water large
earthen jar and enough nourishment (food), in these places they make temporary
camps, where they stayed a short time. As their handprint on their way
these groups of natives left all over, kind of grinder=mortero= in which
they grinded grains and seeds and moreover a enormous variation and quantity
of Historic Paints on the Rocks. In the present time, the descending relatives
of the Kumiai still living between the Highlands, they lived in communities
of San José in Tecate, B.C., México, San José de la
Zorra and Las Juntas de Neji.
DESCRIPTION
Possess a grand variation of Historic Paints manifestations, the paint
is made over the rock surface and we can tind them main on the rocky preservations.
It's been known that some places had a special preference or some meaning
religion mythical, that where selected to let shape the presence of these
nomad groups. In this arqueology place counts with more than thirty conjunts
with this kind of paint manifestations there is why the importance. By
now only present them to the public just a portion of them and it can be
visited. There exist sings, guides and a warrant explanatory to lef know
in a general form the Historic Paints on Rocks. The aplication on the paint
on rocks are on natural caves. The designs follow most of the times the
silhouette of the rock. The colors that they have most are red, black,
white and blending of colors. These pigments are of mineral origin pulverised
and mixing with other products and it were put on directly with the fingers
or another kind of brush. The most common designs where the geometricals
and human figures very schematics. Exists a lof of drawings some of them
with astronomical implications that maybe they marked some happening inside
of the Native Calendary.
ACTIVITIES
When you make your visit to this place,if it!s in winter season, go prepairs
with warm coats, if you are going be camping bring with you everything
you need an moreover do it a any before, that way you can preciates great
spectacleof winter solstice on december 21st. RECOMENDATIONS. Is recomended
to walk all over the place enjoing the countryside and this point of interest,
you can take pictures and camp on the zone. Near the place in the town
called La Rumorosa ther are restaurants, services, gas stations, groceries
store, spa and for instnace medical services and security. Dont !t forget
to visit the famous bakery and enjoy the esquisit sweet bread.
--TECATE