Artigo Revisado por pares

Prehistoric Rock Paintings in Baja California

1966; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 31; Issue: 3Part1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2694739

ISSN

2325-5064

Autores

Clement W. Meighan,

Tópico(s)

Archaeology and Rock Art Studies

Resumo

Abstract Elaborate rock paintings from several rock shelters in the central part of Baja California are reported and described. The paintings are assigned to the Comondú culture on the basis of artifacts found in the shelters, one of which yielded a radiocarbon date of A.D. 1435 ± 80. The paintings apparently served as hunting magic. The complexity of the rock art and the wealth of sites and paintings suggest a somewhat more advanced culture than reported by the Spanish.

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