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Rock art at Cueva de Cristóbal (Puna of Jujuy, Argentina): New evidences.
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Date:
2010Publishing House and Editing Place:
CAR-ICOMOS - UISPP - ARIEGEMagazine:
INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER ON ROCK ART CAR-ICOMOS - UISPP - ARIEGESummary *
New evidences of rock art at the site Cueva de Cristóbal in La Matadería Masiff, between Sierras de Aguilar and Alta, Jujuy Puna (Argentina) (Figure 1) are presented in this work. This art belongs to the Stylistic Group B (GEB) identified by Aschero (1979) and Aschero et al. (1991) for nearby Quebrada de Inca Cueva. It includes figurative and non-figurative motifs. Among the first are isolated, grouped or articulated anthropomorphic figures, camelids and undetermined zoomorphs, while the second show dotted, pectiniform pictures and segmented traces, wide, isolated dashes and dashed and wavy lines (Aschero et al. 1991). Information provided by the agent in SIGEVAKey Words
Puna of JujuyDigital treatmentAnthropomorphic figuresRock Art