Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S)

This study aims to understand the specific characteristics that visual marking through rock art adopted in the high Andean area of the Maule region (Chile). To achieve this, known data is systematized and analyzed through a new conceptual and methodological framework focusing on the geospatial analy...

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Autor principal: Gutiérrez Saitua, Renata
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Publicado: Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/14227
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Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S)
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description This study aims to understand the specific characteristics that visual marking through rock art adopted in the high Andean area of the Maule region (Chile). To achieve this, known data is systematized and analyzed through a new conceptual and methodological framework focusing on the geospatial analysis of art locations. Our findings point to a spatial segregation between areas with and without art by considering the geographical features. The first ones are located in seasonal areas with low to intermediate spatial connectivity and in environments providing access to high Andean spaces of high ecological productivity. Meanwhile, sites without art are distributed along the middle and upper courses of major hydrographic basins and in areas of regional spatial connectivity. These findings are integrated with previous studies in neighboring areas of the Argentine North Patagonia, which delve into the role played by rock art and high Andean spaces in the dynamics of social interaction between hunter-gatherer groups during the Late Holocene. The main interpretations of this study indicate that rock art can be found in key points of inter-valley mobility, enabling access to ecological and seasonal resources in high Andean spaces. Additionally, as a hypothesis, it is proposed that in the context of higher demographic density, rock art sites would have functioned as convergence and social organization areas for the shared use of ecological resources.
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title Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S)
title_short Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S)
title_full Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S)
title_fullStr Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S)
title_full_unstemmed Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S)
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spelling I28-R145-14227_oai2025-11-17 Gutiérrez Saitua, Renata 2025-02-24 This study aims to understand the specific characteristics that visual marking through rock art adopted in the high Andean area of the Maule region (Chile). To achieve this, known data is systematized and analyzed through a new conceptual and methodological framework focusing on the geospatial analysis of art locations. Our findings point to a spatial segregation between areas with and without art by considering the geographical features. The first ones are located in seasonal areas with low to intermediate spatial connectivity and in environments providing access to high Andean spaces of high ecological productivity. Meanwhile, sites without art are distributed along the middle and upper courses of major hydrographic basins and in areas of regional spatial connectivity. These findings are integrated with previous studies in neighboring areas of the Argentine North Patagonia, which delve into the role played by rock art and high Andean spaces in the dynamics of social interaction between hunter-gatherer groups during the Late Holocene. The main interpretations of this study indicate that rock art can be found in key points of inter-valley mobility, enabling access to ecological and seasonal resources in high Andean spaces. Additionally, as a hypothesis, it is proposed that in the context of higher demographic density, rock art sites would have functioned as convergence and social organization areas for the shared use of ecological resources. Esta investigación busca comprender las particularidades que adoptó la marcación visual mediante arte rupestre en el área andina de la región del Maule (Chile). Para ello se sistematizan datos conocidos para analizarlos desde un nuevo marco conceptual y metodológico, que pone su foco en el análisis geoespacial de los lugares con arte. Los principales resultados apuntan a una segregación espacial entre las áreas con y sin arte en virtud de rasgos geográficos, donde las primeras se emplazan en áreas de uso estacional, de baja e intermedia conectividad espacial y en entornos que permiten el acceso a espacios altoandinos de alta productividad ecológica. En tanto, los sitios sin arte se distribuyen a lo largo de los cursos medios y altos de las principales cuencas hidrográficas y en áreas de conectividad espacial alta a nivel regional. Estos resultados se integran a una serie de antecedentes desarrollados para áreas vecinas de Norpatagonia (Argentina), los cuales profundizan en el rol ejercido por el arte rupestre y los espacios andinos en las dinámicas de interacción social entre grupos cazadores-recolectores durante el Holoceno tardío. Las principales interpretaciones de este estudio señalan que el arte rupestre se localiza en puntos clave de movilidad inter-valle, permitiendo el acceso a recursos ecológicos y estacionales de los espacios altoandinos. Asimismo, aún a modo de hipótesis, se plantea que, en un contexto de mayor densidad demográfica, los sitios con arte cumplirían el rol de ser áreas de convergencia y de organización social para el uso compartido de recursos ecológicos. application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/14227 10.34096/arqueologia.t31.n1.14227 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/14227/13995 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/14227/13996 Derechos de autor 2025 Renata Gutiérrez Saitua Arqueología; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2025): enero-abril; 14227 Arqueología; Vol. 31 Núm. 1 (2025): enero-abril; 14227 1853-8126 0327-5159 GIS Spatial statistics Maule region Guaiquivilo Common use SIG Estadística Espacial Región del Maule Guaiquivilo Uso compartido Rock art in spaces of mobility and convergence: geospatial approach to social dynamics among Late Holocene hunter-gatherer groups in the High Maule Cordillera, North Patagonia (Chile, 36°S) Arte rupestre en los espacios de movilidad y de convergencia: aproximación geoespacial a las dinámicas sociales entre grupos cazadores-recolectores del Holoceno tardío en la cordillera andina del Maule, Norpatagonia (Chile, 36°S) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=14227_oai