[4] The art attained its peak when the Collawa ethnic group lived here during the Paleolithic or Stone Age period.

They found a large cache of artifacts during their mining operations and funded the study of the paintings in the caves by archeologists from Lima.

[2]) The team was led by Jorge C. Muelle, Director of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú which resulted in the discovery of the rupestral art (drawings inscribed on rocks in the caves).

[1] The detailed exploration of the caves was undertaken by Roger Ravines of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú in 1965.

[1] Excavations from a pit dug to a depth of 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) was subject to radio carbon testing.

These scenes depict armed people hunting the guanaco cameloid and Andean religious symbols.