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United States historic place
Mahlac Pictograph Cave
Location Address restricted
[2] Nearest city
Talofofo ,
Guam Area less than one acre NRHP reference
No.
14000891
[1] Added to NRHP November 12, 2014
The Mahlac Pictograph Cave is a
rock art site on the island of
Guam . It is located high in the southern mountains of the island, and contains more than 40 images, rendered in paints that are white, red, brown, and black. The art was carefully analyzed in 2011, and a radiocarbon date of c. 600 CE was obtained from a paint sample. The meaning of the art is a subject of debate.
[3]
The cave was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
[1]
Important Bird Area
Mahlac Cave, along with two other caves in the vicinity (Fachi and Maemong), has been recognised as an
Important Bird Area (IBA) by
BirdLife International because it supports a nesting population of some 700–800
Mariana swiftlets .
[4]
See also
References
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"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect
archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990),
Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources , National Register Bulletin,
National Park Service ,
U.S. Department of the Interior ,
OCLC
20706997 .
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"Mahlac Cave Pictograph Brochure" (PDF) . Guam Preservation Trust. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-05-31 .
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"Mahlac Caves" . BirdLife Data Zone . BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021 .