Rock art, ontology and cosmopolitics in the Southern Andes
Author
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Troncoso, Andrés
Admission date
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2019-10-30T15:08:28Z
Available date
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2019-10-30T15:08:28Z
Publication date
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2019
Cita de ítem
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Time and Mind, Volumen 12, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 239-250
Identifier
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17516978
Identifier
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1751696X
Identifier
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10.1080/1751696X.2019.1645529
Identifier
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/172080
Abstract
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The affective and agentive capacities of other-than-humans have been widely assessed by archaeological approaches dealing with ancient and indigenous ontology. However, less attention has been given to how human, other-than-human and social practices were engaged in historical cosmopolitics. This paper aims to discuss how social practices related to rock art production and use, weaving a field of relations among carved rocks, landscapes, humans and other-than-humans in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile, during the Inka period. Our results show these relationships participated in a cosmopolitics that emphasised the Inkas’ capacities to relate with ‘Earth-Beings’, to use de la Cadena’s term, central in the socio-political reproduction of local communities. This research provides an example of the understanding of rock art as a relational, historical, and social practice, rather than an exclusive focus on its visual features.