Corantijn Basin is one of a large number of archaeological sites located in the interior of Suriname in South American.^[1] The Suriname archeological sites provide information on prehistoric human populations (Amerindians or Indians) that lived in Suriname before 1492. At the Corantijn Basin site have been found most of the petroglyphs in the area. Petroglyphs provide an important insight into the ceremonial, mythical and religious world of these lost populations of the past.^[2] South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland Petroglyph on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (Häljesta, Västmanland in Sweden). ...

The site is also well known as the habitat of Pseudoplatystoma, a genus of several South American catfish.^[3] For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Families Akysidae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Ariidae Aspredinidae Astroblepidae Auchenipteridae Bagridae Callichthyidae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Diplomystidae Doradidae Erethistidae Hypophthalmidae Ictaluridae Lacantuniidae Loricariidae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Nematogenyidae Pangasiidae Parakysidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Schilbeidae Scoloplacidae Siluridae Sisoridae Trichomycteridae Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. ...

See also

• Petroglyph
• Cumbe Mayo, Peru

Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, southern Utah, USA Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. ... Cumbe Mayo Aqueduct Cumbe Mayo is located about 12 miles southwest of the Peruvian city of Cajamarca, at an elevation of approximately 11,000 feet. ...

Notes

1. ^ The Cultures of the Interior - From Later Prehistory. Retrieved on April 3, 2007.
2. ^ The history of prehistoric archaeological research in Suriname. Retrieved on April 3, 2007.
3. ^ "Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Apr 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.

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External links

• Map
• South America: International River Basin register