This compilation, by an international grouping of scholars, focuses
on the nature of Caribbean rock art or rock graphics and makes
clear the region's substantial and distinctive rock art tradition.
Thorough and comparative, it includes data on the history of rock
graphic research, the nature of the assemblages (image numbers,
types, locations), and the legal, conservation, and research status
of the image sites. Chapters on these topics cover research on the
islands of Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Jamaica,
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Aruba, and Bonaire.
The prehispanic rock art and other ceremonial structures and
artifacts, along with enthnohistorical accounts of the region at
Contact, projected backward in time, all point to an active ritual
and ceremonial life involving commoners, religious specialists, and
elites in differing and interconnected roles and for diverse
purposes. The selective use of common rock graphic design and
physical elements can be seen in the distribution and execution of
the carved and painted images. Pecked, ground, abraded, and
scratched petroglyphs, along with pictographs done frequently in
red, black, white and orange hues are found on a range of rock
surfaces including limestones, granites, diorites, and andesites.
Caves/rock shelters and rock formations associated with water
sources (water ways, pools, ocean) account for the two most common
locations, followed by ball court sites, inland rock outcroppings
and beach rock. In addition to specific area presentations, the
work includes a review of recent advances in Caribbean rock graphic
studies including dating and interpretative models; the application
of a new documentation method and resulting computer manipulation
advantages; a conservation project in Jamaica that has implications
for the preservation and interpretation of the site; and a proposed
dating sequence for the Lesser AntilleanWindward Islands.
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