Peintures et gravures rupestres des Amériques: Empreintes culturelles et territoriales: Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France) Volume 2, Session XXV-3 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178969633X ISBN 13: 9781789696332

Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology, 2020

Synopsis

The rock art of the Americas was produced at very different times and by different cultures, both by hunter-gatherers, fishermen and by farmers from village or state societies. Each group can be characterised by diverse styles and techniques. The function of rock art depended on religious, political or social concerns that referred to a particular context and time. Peintures et gravures rupestres des Amériques: Empreintes culturelles et territoriales presents the proceedings from Session XXV-3 of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France). Papers address the following questions: How does the study of rock art make it possible to culturally characterize its authors? What does it tell us about the function of sites? How and under what circumstances does it make it possible to delimit a cultural territory? The six articles in this volume provide case studies from Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, French Guiana and Chile.

Table of Contents

Introduction – Brigitte Faugère et Philippe Costa

Une technique pour un peuple : Le cas d’une tradition rupestre majeure du Salvador – Philippe Costa

Peintures et gravures rupestres du nord du Michoacán, Mexique : Caractérisation culturelle et iconographie – Brigitte Faugère

Grottes de pétroglyphes qui “avalent” le soleil – Joseph B. Mountjoy

Pétroglyphes, religion et organisation politique au sud du Costa Rica – Felipe Sol

Les sites d’art rupestre de Guyane française dans les contextes local, régional et anthropologique – Gérald Migeon

Les représentations d’objets de métal dans l’art rupestre du río San Juan del Oro (Bolivie méridionale) – Françoise Fauconnier

Auteurs

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About the Author

Brigitte Faugère is a professor of archaeology at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Since the 1990s, she has led research projects on the cultures of north-central and western Mexico, in particular in the field of rock art.

Philippe Costa is an archaeologist specializing in Central America and an associate researcher at the Center for Mexican and Central American Studies. Since 2018, he has directed a Franco-German-Costa Rican archaeological project in the Guanacaste mountain range of Costa Rica.

Edition details

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178969633X
• ISBN 13: 9781789696332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106
• Editor: Faugère Brigitte, Costa Philippe