Archaeologies of art : time, place, and identity

281 Pages·2008·3.68 MB·English

by  May

Archaeologies of Art
One World Archaeology Series
Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress
Series Editors: Joan Gero, Mark Leone, and Robin Torrence
One World Archaeology volumes contain carefully edited selections of the exem-
plary papers presented at the World Archaeology Congress (WAC), held every
four years, and intercongress meetings. WAC gives place to considerations of
power and politics in framing archaeological questions and results. The organi-
zation also gives place and privilege to minorities who have often been silenced
or regarded as beyond capable of making main line contributions to the fi eld.
All royalties from the series are used to help the wider work of the organization.
The series is published by Left Coast Press, Inc., beginning with volume 48.
58 Managing Archaeological Resources, 53 Living Under the Shadow, John Grattan
Francis P. McManamon, Andrew Stout, and Robin Torrence (eds.)
and Jodi A. Barnes (eds.) 52 Envisioning Landscapes, Dan Hicks, Laura
57 Landscapes of Clearance, Angèle P. Smith McAtackney, and Graham Fairclough
and Amy Gazin-Schwartz (eds.) (eds.)
56 Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in 51 Rethinking Agriculture, Timothy P.
Latin America and the Caribbean, Margaret Denham, José Iriarte, Luc Vrydaghs (eds.)
E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna 50 A Fearsome Heritage, John Schofi eld and
Erreguerena (eds.) Wayne Cocroft (eds.)
55 Archaeologies of Art, Inés Domingo Sanz, 49 Archaeology to Delight and Instruct,
Dánae Fiore, and Sally K. May (eds.) Heather Burke and Claire Smith (eds.)
54 Archaeology and Capitalism, Yannis 48 African Re-Genesis, Jay B. Haviser and
Hamilakis and Philip Duke (eds.) Kevin C. MacDonald (eds.)
Previous volumes in this series, available from Routledge:
47 Indigenous Archaeologies 25 The Presented Past
46 Archaeologies of the British 24 Social Construction of the Past
45 Natural Disasters and Cultural 23 Sacred Sites, Sacred Places
Change 22 Tropical Archaeobotany
44 Materiel Culture 21 Archaeology and the Information Age
43 The Dead and their Possessions 20 The Archaeology of Africa
42 Illicit Antiquities 19 Origins of Human Behaviour
41 Destruction and Conservation of 18 From the Baltic to the Black Sea
Cultural Property 17 The Excluded Past
40 Madness, Disability & Social Exclusion 16 Signifying Animals
39 The Archaeology of Dry lands 15 Hunters of the Recent Past
38 The Archaeology of Difference 14 What’s New?
37 Time and Archaeology 13 Foraging and Farming
36 The Constructed Past 12 The Politics of the Past
35 Archaeology and Language IV 11 Centre and Periphery
34 Archaeology and Language III 10 Archaeological Approaches to Cultural
33 Cultural Resource Management in Identity
Contemporary Society 9 Archaeological Heritage Management in
32 Prehistory of Food the Modem World
31 Historical Archaeology 8 Confl ict in the Archaeology of Living
30 The Archaeology and Anthropology of Traditions
Landscape 7 Animals into Art
29 Archaeology and Language II 6 The Meaning of Things
28 Early Human Behaviour in the Global 5 Who Needs the Past?
Context 4 State and Society
27 Archaeology and Language I 3 Domination and Resistance
26 Time, Process and Structured 2 The Walking Larder
Transformation in Archaeology 1 What is an Animal?
Archaeologies of Art
Time, Place, and Identity
Edited by
Inés Domingo Sanz, Dánae Fiore, and Sally K. May
Walnut Creek, CA
LEFT COAST PRESS, INC.
1630 North Main Street, #400
Walnut Creek, California 94596
http://www.LCoastPress.com
Copyright © 2008 by Left Coast Press, Inc. First paperback edition 2009.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher.

Hardback ISBN 978-1-59874-264-0; Paperback ISBN 978-1-59874-265-7

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Archaeologies of art: time, place, and identity/edited by Inés Domingo
Sanz, Dánae Fiore, and Sally K. May.
p. cm. – (One world archaeology)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-59874–264-0 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Petroglyphs–Case studies. 2. Rock paintings–Case studies. I.
Domingo Sanz, Inés. II. Fiore, Dánae. III. May, Sally K.
GN799.P4A72 2008
709.01’13–dc22 2007044311
Printed in the United States of America
∞ ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American
National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library
Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48—1992.
Cover design: Joanna Ebenstein
To Isabel Domingo, Heather May, and Julio Caramelo and
especially to Fiona Caramelo, who was born during the preparation
of this volume.

Contents
List of Illustrations 9
Acknowledgments 13
1 Archaeologies of Art: Time, Place, and 15
Identity in Rock Art, Portable Art, and Body Art
Inés Domingo Sanz, Dánae Fiore, and Sally K. May
2 Space and Discourse As Constituents of Past 29
Identities – The Case of Namibian Rock Art
Tilman Lenssen-Erz
3 Rocks of Ages: Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and 51
Identity in Puerto Rico
Peter G. Roe and Michele H. Hayward
4 Rock Art, Modes of Production, and Social 79
Identities during the Early Formative Period in
the Atacama Desert (Northern Chile)
Francisco Gallardo and Patricio De Souza
5 From the Form to the Artists: Changing Identities 99
in Levantine Rock Art (Spain)
Inés Domingo Sanz
6 Memoried Sacredness and International Elite 131
Identities: The Late Postclassic at La Casa de las
Golondrinas, Guatemala
Eugenia J. Robinson
7 Same Tradition, Different Views: The Côa Valley 151
Rock Art and Social Identity
Luís Luís and Marcos García Díez
8 Learning Art, Learning Culture: Art, Education, and 171
the Formation of New Artistic Identities in Arnhem
Land, Australia
Sally K. May
9 Eagle’s Reach: A Focal Point for Past and Present 195
Social Identity within the Northern Blue Mountains
World Heritage Area, Australia
Paul S. C. Taçon, Matthew Kelleher, Graham King,
Wayne Brennan
8 Contents
10 Panache and Protocol in Australian Aboriginal Art 215
Claire Smith
11 Body Painting and Visual Practice: The Creation of 243
Social Identities through Image Making and Display
in Tierra del Fuego (Southern South America)
Dánae Fiore
About the Contributors 267
Index 273
List of Illustrations
Figures
Figure 2.1 Map showing the location of the Brandberg/ 32
Daureb
Figure 2.2 Rock art panel from Circus Gorge in the 33
Brandberg
Figure 2.3 A rock art site in the Brandberg/Daureb 36
mountains
Figure 2.4 Site Hungorob 2 is a typical waymark 39
Figure 2.5 A rock art site in the Brandberg/Daureb 44
Figure 3.1 Selected anthropomorphic images from 53
various rock art sites in Puerto Rico
Figure 3.2 Selected zoomorphic and abstract images 54
from various rock art sites in Puerto Rico
Figure 3.3 Sequence of Puerto Rican rock art 58
Figure 3.4 Modern Artisan Fair in Puerto Rico 69
Figure 3.5 A roadside sculpture by a Puerto Rican artisan 70
Figure 3.6 The cover of the Diccionario Taino Ilustrado 71
by Edwin Miner Solá
Figure 4.1 Distribution of the Taira Tulan and 80
Confl uencia styles in the Atacama region
(Northern Chile)
Figure 4.2 Clay pipe; San Francisco Culture (1500–400 84
B.C.E.), Northwest Argentina
Figure 4.3 Incomplete camelid Taira Tulan style 86
(engraved) in superposition over camelids
Confl uencia style (red ochre)
Figure 4.4 Hunters painted with spear thrower and darts 88
and camelids
Figure 4.5 Engraved Taira Tulán Style 89
Figure 5.1 Geographical distribution of Levantine rock 101
art (Spain)
Figure 5.2 Variations in the Levantine human fi gures 108
Figure 5.3 Themes represented in the Centelles horizon 109
and the Civil type
Figure 5.4 Themes represented in the Mas d’en Josep 112
and Cingle type