Abstract

LANDIN, Matías et al. FROM TRACES TO TECHNIQUES: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO STUDY APPLICATION TECHNIQUES OF ROCK ART FROM LA CANDELARIA ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE (CATAMARCA). Relaciones [online]. 2023, vol.48, suppl.1, pp.31-32. ISSN 0325-2221.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24215/18521479e058.

The application techniques of rockpaintings constitute one of the central aspects to unders- tand their production processes, since they inform about the constitutive interactions between beings, materials, times and spaces established during the making of the motifs. However, there is little research focused on identifying specific material traces that allow differentiating between the possible application techniques. In general, these have been inferred based on not stated criteria. This article proposes an experimental approach of four application techniques (digital, with a swab, with a brush and with a wooden stick) in order to detect the specific traces left by each one. Subsequently, this knowledge was applied to advance in the macroscopic recording of the rock paintings of La Candelaria cave (departamento Ancasti, Catamarca). Thus, identifying the application techniques of the paintings, highlighted the importance of feedbacking rock art in situ surveys with experimental research.

Keywords : application techniques; rock paintings; experimental approach; archaeology; archaeometry.

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