Images that travel: aguada rock art in north-central Chile
Author
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Jackson Squella, Donald
Author
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Troncoso Meléndez, Andrés
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2013-12-17T18:00:11Z
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2013-12-17T18:00:11Z
Publication date
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2009
Cita de ítem
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Rock Art Research 2009 - Volume 26, Number 2, pp. 43-60.
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/121880
Abstract
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The presence of two petroglyphs ascribed to Aguada iconography (north-west
Argentina) identified in the Province of Choapa, central-northern Chile (31° latitude south), is
herein discussed. Through a formal comparison of the motifs of rock art and those recognised
in the iconography of north-western Argentina, the homology of the representations is
established. Specifically, the analysis allows identifying the presence of the feline motif, the
main character of Aguada iconography, related to a particular symbolic system that expanded
across the southern Andes about the middle of the first century of our era. With these
antecedents, the implications of the presence of this motif in the area of study are discussed