Perception, identity and sense in the social and ritual building of landscape

CURTONI, RAFAEL PEDRO; BERÓN MÓNICA ALEJANDRA

Revista Chilena de Antropoogía

Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Universidad de Chile

Lugar: Santiago de Chile; Año: 2011 p. 97 - 118

0719-1472

This paper discusses how the social construction of landscape and the sense of identity and territoriality can emerge in relation to a ritual space. Through the analysis of monumental constructions or arrangements of rocks, its topographical connection and the location of cave paintings and cemeteries, a ritualized landscape may be defined. The archaeological information of the Sierras Lihue Calel is employed for this. This area is located in the western sector of the pampean region of Argentina.