Arte rupestre y construcción de nicho

Una teoría, un caso y una hipótesis

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ID2952055
AuthorsA Acevedo (0000-0001-8286-8361, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume71
Pagese6121
Publication date2025-04-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEstudios Atacameños Arqueología y antropología surandinas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0716-0925 • E-ISSN: 0718-1043
PublisherUniversidad Catolica del Norte - Chile (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22199/issn.0718-1043-6121
OpenAlexW4406137106
LanguageES
Citations received4
References cited46

This paper presents an approach to rock art from the Niche Construction Theory. It is proposed that rock art can play active roles in niche construction because it constitutes a deliberate modification of the environment, capable of building heritable environments that facilitate the interactions of individuals with nature and with other groups. This capacity is based on two qualities of rock art images which have been widely demonstrated by archeology of art and which are taken up in this paper: their ability to communicate visual information and their potential to organize/structure the use of space. To demonstrate the potential of this approach, it is applied to a regional case study focused on the rock art of southern Mendoza. Finally, the advantages of this approach to reach higher levels of complexity in the study of rock art, in relation to other more traditional evolutionary perspectives, are highlighted

Art · Geography · Humanities · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Archaeology and Cultural Heritage · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Philosophy

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