El arte rupestre del sur de Mendoza en perspective biogeográfica: Primeros resultados a escala regional

ACEVEDO, AGUSTÍN; FIORE, DANAE; TUCKER, HUGO; NEME, GUSTAVO A.; GIL, ADOLFO F.

Intersecciones en Antropologia

Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires

Lugar: Olavarria; Año: 2020 vol. 21 p. 145 - 157

1666-2105

SOUTHERN MENDOZA ROCK ART IN BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE: FIRST REGIONAL-SCALE RESULTS. This paper presents the initial results of a regional analysis of rock art in southern Mendoza based on the study of the distribution of 96 archaeological sites in three biogeographical areas and assessed according to their productivity. The information obtained helped us identify a repertoire of ten motif classes distributed throughout the three areas, though mostly concentrated at the sites. The distribution suggests the existence of widespread communication processes within the region. Other local processes have also been identified, including: A) the non-combination of certain motif classes (e.g., headshaped-maskshaped and complex rectilinear geometric motifs), the use of different production techniques, and the differential location of motifs on the rock face (e.g., sheltered or unsheltered); and b) the different frequency of sites in low productivity areas with critical resources-such as La Payunia-which suggests possible signaling of resources in a context of intensification during the recent Holocene.