Significance.
Antonio Jimenez dedicated pages of his to the Cochineros petroglyphs, giving it more space than any other Peruvian site apart from Toro Muertos.
Although the latter has
Panel areas – 14 + 2 + 4 + 5 +5 + 11 + 34 + 10 + 25 = 110 square metres.
However it has received little attention The town of Mala where the river of the same name flows out to the sea, it is only a few hours south of Lima.
Erasmo Quispe of the Municipality in Calango has recorded other petroglyphs upriver at Checas, and walked the pre-hispanic roads which run up the valley.
Foxes
Three on P12 and two on P6, two river facing panels, close to the riverside edge of the site.
Gendered linear figures on Piedras 12, 11, 6a, 4,
All high up and not presently visible
Spirals on 12, 11, 6, 6a, 4, 1.
fabulous birds
vertical streams
rectangular tumis
low down elements