Serra da Capivara National Park
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How it came to be
In south-eastern Piauí, north-eastern Brazil, the rocky hills and valleys of the Serra da Capivara hold the largest and oldest concentration of prehistoric sites in the Americas. Most of its more than 300 archaeological sites have rock paintings, some more than 25,000 years old.
The national park was created on 5 June 1979 and covers about 129,000 hectares. The archaeologist Niède Guidon led work there for many years, and its best-known site is Pedra Furada.
It was inscribed in 1991. Its bearded capuchins have the largest known stone tool kit of any wild capuchin monkeys.
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