Abstract

NIELSEN, Axel E. et al. SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF ROCK ART AT CERRO CUEVAS PINTADAS (LAS JUNTAS, SALTA, ARGENTINA). Relaciones [online]. 2022, vol.47, n.1, pp.1-10. ISSN 0325-2221.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24215/18521479e027.

The relationships between rock art and regional social processes are discussed on the basis of new research conducted at Cerro Cueva Pintadas (CCP). After proposing a five-period sequence for local rock art (initial, early, late, inca and indigenous-Hispanic), the results of survey and excavations at CCP and the analyses of the materials obtained are presented. The presence of initial and early motifs in all the sectors of CCP indicate that it was an important place since the beginning of the sequence, but most of the paintings date to the late period, when it became a public space where many activities were held and a trail connecting the main activity loci was constructed. This intervention reveals the definition of a hegemonic interpretation of the site which can be related to the formation of a new political order in a time of conflict and social instability. The addition of inca-related motifs is interpreted as a symbolic subordination strategy of local communities to Tawantinsuyu.

Keywords : public spaces; rock art sequence; archaeological context; Santamariano style; Guachipas..

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