Abstract

GILARDENGHI, Ezequiel et al. ¿CAN’TYOU SEE ITFROM FAR? CONNECTING TERRITORIES FROM THE VISUAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE ROCK ART OF LOS LLANOS DE LA RIOJA AND NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA. Relaciones [online]. 2023, vol.48, suppl.1, pp.33-34. ISSN 0325-2221.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24215/18521479e059.

In the 1940s, Salvador Canals Frau proposed that the pre-Hispanic societies that inhabited the area ofthe plains would have remained isolatedfrom other neighboring populations, generating their own material culture, language, and identity. For some years now, our work team has carried out surveys and systematic studies in the area, with pertinent results to discuss that assumption. In this sense, concrete relations were established between Los Llanos and other regions, which weaken the notion of geographic and cultural isolation maintained by Canals Frau. To delve into this line, this time the visual links between the Llanista space and the NOA are explored, with emphasis on certain figures that, in the Andean world, would have held socially relevant meanings. These include representations ofmetallic objects that suggest some significant and sustained connections between the two areas, particularly during the millennium prior to the Spanish invasion.

Keywords : visual links; rock art; Llanos de La Rioja; Northwestern Argentina; metallic objects.

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