Images and memory: the case of the field of engravings of Guanchincito (ca. 1250-1400 ad, Catamarca, Argentina).

BASILE, M; N. RATTO

Miscellania. Theory, Rock Art and Heritage

BAR International Series 2659

Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2014; p. 31 - 37

In this paper, the field of engravings of Guanchincito, placed in western Tinogasta (Catamarca, Argentina) and associated to a vast extension of agricultural fields and burials, was analyzed. The registered images respond to the repertoire and visual resources common of late periods (ca 1250-1400 AD), with the exception of some referring to the times of the development of the first millennium societies. Nevertheless, this analysis indicates that they were performed synchronically, allowing our discussion on the persistence of ideas and images to shape stories, tales, deals and tensions in the frame of the conditions of Inca domination.