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The Ometepe Petroglyph Project was a volunteer field survey of the Maderas half of Ometepe from 1995 – 1999.
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Ometepe and Petroglyph
Petroglyph on Ometepe at base of Maderas
Of the 73 sites surveyed by the Ometepe Petroglyph Project, petroglyphs were recorded at all but one.
The Ometepe Petroglyph project is an interesting example of modern technology assisting in the recording of archaeological sites.
In addition to the remote area and poor lighting, on Ometepe Island, the depth of the engraved lines on petroglyphs thus far recorded varies from “ immeasurably shallow ” to around three centimeters ( Ometepe Petroglyph Project Website, 2006 ).
* Ometepe Petroglyph Project Website ( 2006 ).
Ometepe and was
As of June 2010, Ometepe was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Preserve.
The lake surrounding Ometepe harbors many species of aquatic animals, notably the Nicaragua shark which until recently was thought to be a unique species of freshwater shark but has since been shown to be continuous with ocean populations.
When the Franciscan arrived in Ometepe in 1613, this tradition was already existent, although they brought with themselves an image of San Diego de Alcalá and with time they obtained his figure and replaced Xolotl.
Ometepe and Maderas
Maderas crater lake ( Ometepe Island ), Nicaragua.
The Ometepe Biological Field School is situated on the Maderas side of the island.
Image: Ometepe. jpg | Concepción and Maderas
Concepción is one of two volcanoes ( along with Maderas ) that form the island of Ometepe, which is situated in Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua, Central America.
With a height of 1, 394 m, Maderas is the smaller of the two volcanoes which make up the island of Ometepe, situated in Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua, Central America.
Ometepe and half
Volcán Concepción ( once named Ometepe volcano ) is the northwest half of the island.
Ometepe and from
Despite draining into the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific Ocean is near enough to be seen from the mountains of Ometepe ( an island in the lake ).
Image: Lake Nicaragua. JPG | Lake Nicaragua from Ometepe
Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising from Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua.
The volcanoes are visible from everywhere on the island, and life on Ometepe revolves closely around them.
Image: Concepcion from finca. JPG | Concepción as seen from Finca Magdalena, Ometepe, Nicaragua
Image: ometepe island sts. jpg | Ometepe from space, January 1997.
Ometepe and –
There is a classified “ Ometepe period ” ( A. D. 1350 – 1550 ) Greater Nicoyan Period, which corresponds to Mesoamerican Postclassic period.
Ometepe and .
The lake holds Ometepe and Zapatera which are both volcanic islands, as well as the archipelago of the Solentiname Islands.
Image: Lake Nicaragua Isla de Ometepe. jpg | Flooded beach in Playa Santo Domingo, Isla de Ometepe
Many Honduran Capuchins were captured and relocated to the island of Roatán, and many Nicaraguan Capuchins were captured and relocated to the island of Ometepe.
The Department of Rivas also includes Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua.
Ometepe has an area of 276 km².
The inhabitants of Ometepe were hard hit.
Many traditions have been kept alive, thus inhabitants of Ometepe celebrate more religious and folk festivals than anywhere else in Nicaragua.
Today, Ometepe is developing tourism and ecotourism, with the archaeological past and the bounty of its nature sanctuary, the exotic vegetation, animal and bird life as drawcards.
Concepción volcano rose in the early Holocene Epoch and, through continual eruptions, now reaches an altitude of 1 610 m making Ometepe the world's highest lake island.
Ometepe Island is generally included within the archaeological area of “ Greater Nicoya ,” which also encompasses the Rivas area on the lake shore and descends into Costa Rican Nicoya Peninsula.
The Ceramic Type " Ometepe Red Slipped-Incised " is found on Ometepe Island.
Petroglyph and Project
* 1995 – 1999: Susan Baker-Ometepe Petroglyph Project
Petroglyph and was
Sandia Mountain Wilderness was created in 1978 and the Petroglyph National Monument was established in June 1990.
Petroglyph Point was created about 275, 000 years ago when cinders erupted through the shallow water of Tule Lake ; violent explosions of ash and steam formed layers upon layers of tuff.
* Petroglyph was formed on April 1, 2003.
* On November 16, 2004, Petroglyph announced a project which they were working on, a new Star Wars real-time strategy ( RTS ) game called Star Wars: Empire at War, which was released on February 16, 2006.
* On April 27, 2009, it was announced that Petroglyph would be working on a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game ( MMORTS ) with Trion World Network.
* On December 11, 2009, Petroglyph launched their redesigned website, which was designed by Anthem Design Group.
It includes the Sloan Petroglyph Site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 1978.
In 2006, Chris Rubyor, a former employee of Westwood Studios, discussed the galactic conquest mode of the game, stating that the initial mode had to be overhauled several times because Petroglyph was unhappy with the original mode.
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