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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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 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=14227_oai |
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| Sumario: | 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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