INTERACTING IMAGES. ANALYSIS OF ROCK-ART PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS IN WESTERN TINOGASTA FROM 2500 TO 1300 BP (PROVINCE OF CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA).

BASILE, M; N. RATTO

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Congreso; Global Rock Art, XIV Congreso Internacional de Arte Rupestre IFRAO; 2009

Fundação Museu do Homen Americano

ARTÍCULO COMPLETO In this paper we present the analysis of the images of three rock art sites located at different altitudes of the western Tinogasta region (Catamarca province, Argentina). Relative chronology has dated the three within the same period (ca. 2500 to 1300 BP). The first two present engraved designs over a fallen block (1900 m.a.s.l) and a sandstone shelter (2975 m.a.s.l.). The third site contains eleven panels with painted designs on its ceiling and upper lateral walls of a metamorphic rock cave (3358 m.a.s.l.).The elements to define the unity and diversity of a commonly shared visual language were established using statistical multivariate methods. This was done independently from the specific characteristics of the media and visual resolution techniques used. To that end tree analytical levels take place here: we take under consideration the repertoire of represented images; the morphological units combined in each image and the type of articulation technique used in it. The discussion focuses on how the use of these images enable the construction of particular places with their own particular audiences, considering the particularities of each site location within the broader regional context of bolsón of Fiambalá.