This paper presents the first results of surveys and systematic records of rock art in the
northern bank of Río Santa Cruz region (Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina). Firstly …

The digital tracing of rock art is becoming a standard for archaeologists working in this field
of research. The lack of specific software for this task has resulted in archaeologists either …

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion of the relationship between rock art
production and landscape construction based on an analysis of sites and motifs visibility in …

How to connect rock art with the social practices developed around it along time? Trying to
answer this question, in this paper we propose a method to link three different approaches …

Abstract The east-central Tandilia Range (Pampean region, Argentina) witnessed recurrent
human occupations during the final Pleistocene and early Holocene. Here we introduce an …

Rock art is addressed in this chapter as material and practice, both being historically
situated. By comparing two sets of rock art from north-central Chile, rock paintings and …

In this chapter we discuss the painted hunting scenes identified in the north-west of Santa
Cruz Province, Argentina, and dated to ca. 9400–6800 bp. We analyze the tonal groups …

Archaeometric analysis applied to the study of pre‐Hispanic pottery is a growing field in
archaeological research in north‐western Argentina. Most of these investigations have …

Dating the rock art paintings in Serra da Capivara National Park precisely and reliably, is still
not possible, however, different techniques used on samples from the sites have provided …

The use of Historical sources for interpreting, explaining and evaluating archaeological
contexts and/or social processes has been a common practice in Patagonian Archaeology …