Figurative representations of the Pali Aike volcanic field (Santa Cruz, Argentina - Magallanes, Chile) in comparative perspective with the southern extreme of Patagonia

Abstract

This paper aims to make a comparison of the figurative representations of the Pali Aike volcanic field (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina – province of Magallanes, Chile) with those registered in other sectors of southern Patagonia, such as the southern shore margin of Lake Argentino (Argentina), the Morros area and the Cerro Benítez-Lago Sofía locality (Chile) during the middle and late Holocene. This analysis was based on integrating background and new information related to different areas. The goal is to evaluate the existence of diverse patterns of representation, considering the morphologies, technical treatment, frequencies, relative abundance of types of motifs in each area, distribution within the space, and temporality of figurative motifs. From this, it is expected to advance the discussion of information exchange among hunter-gatherer groups through figurative representations on a macroregional scale.

Cilj èlanka je primerjava figurativnih upodobitev na vulkanskem polju Pali Aike (pokrajina Santa Cruz, Argentina – pokrajina Magallanes, Èile) z upodobitvami, ki so zabele ene na drugih obmoèjih ju ne Patagonije, kot so ju no obre je jezera Argentino (Argentina), obmoèje Morros in obmoèje Cerro Benítez-Lago Sofía (Èile) v srednjem in poznem holocenu. Analiza temelji na integraciji obstojeèih in novih informacij, ki so povezane z razliènimi obmoèji. Cilj je oceniti obstoj razliènih vzorcev upodobitve, pri èemer upoštevamo morfologije, tehnièno obdelavo, pogostost, relativne zgostitve vrst motivov na posameznem obmoèju, razporeditev v prostoru in èasovnost figurativnih motivov. Prièakujemo, da bomo na podlagi tega napredovali v razpravi o izmenjavi informacij med lovskimi in nabiralnimi skupinami s figurativnimi upodobitvami na makroregionalni ravni.