Mysterious ‘Las Labradas’ Petroglyphs With Roots In The Pre-Columbian Times Of Mexico

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Sinaloa’s rocks covered with a variety of figures are true history rocks, a legacy of mythological traditions with roots in the Pre-columbian times of North America.

Little is known of the Sinaloa people and their early history. However, ancient carvings and legends represent a legacy of these people. Las Labradas petroglyphs’ area is a very ancient and sacred site to the coastal Indians of the area.

A large number of beautiful petroglyphs known as ‘las labradas’ have been found on a beach in the vicinity of Barras de Piaxtla, a small fishing village, north of Mazatlan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Many of the carvings suffered significant damage due to weather and water over the centuries.

Remarkably, natural erosion hasn’t been destructive enough to erase all the testimonies left by the ancients for future generations.

It’s still quite easy to recognize many anthropomorphic, zoomorphic or geometric forms that represent solar phenomena expressed with lines, dots, ancient spirals, and figures.

In 1949 engineer Gonzalo Ortiz de Zárate arrived in Culiacán. Of Spanish origin, he came to land in Sinaloa to work in Eureka, a construction company that would be in charge, at that time, to build the irrigation canals of the Sanalona dam.

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