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 Antillean
Windward Islands.
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