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The
Ancient footprints of Acahualinca (;
Spanish:
Huellas de Acahualinca) exist in
Managua,
Nicaragua near the southern shore of
Lake Managua (Lago Xolotlán). The region was once called "El Cauce". The tracks are petrified
Paleo-Indian human footprints left behind in volcanic ash and mud that solidified 6000 years ago, shortly after the group of up to 15 people passed by.
The Acahualinca tracks are the oldest human footprints and prehistoric record of human existence in Managua.
It is sometimes reported that the people were running to escape from a volcanic explosion, but the distance between the footprints indicates a walking gait. Fossilized footprints of several animals are also present, but they intersect the human footprints and therefore were not traveling with the people.
Scientific analysis of the footprints
The footprints were discovered accidentally by construction workers in 1874. The American medical doctor and archaeological collector, Earl Flint, brought the footprints to the attention of the international science community and media in 1884.
The
Carnegie Institution of Washington began the first scientific analysis and excavations in 1941 and 1942, they also constructed a museum and a building to protect the footprints.
Work was continued by Joaquín Matilló, Allan L. Bryan and Jorge Espinoza in the 1960s and 70s. Allan L. Bryan, from the
University of Alberta, dated the sand directly under the footprints by
radiocarbon dating to 5,945 +/- 145 years. In 1978, a Nicaraguan researcher, Jorge Espinoza, continued the excavation near the termination of the original excavation and uncovered more footprints at a depth of 4 meters.
Specimens of these footprints can be seen at both the Peabody Museum of Archaeology at Harvard University and the
United States National Museum.
Museum of Acahualinca
The Museum of Acahualinca (
Museo Sitio Huellas de Acahualinca) is located in the west of Managua in the Acahualinca neighborhood. In addition to the footprints, the museum displays a small collection of pottery and other archeological objects from various localities in Nicaragua, such as
mammoth footprints, pre-Columbian tools and a skull from
León Viejo.
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