¿El arte rupestre para qué? Funciones comunes y divergentes en Centroamérica

Abstract

Rock art is a widespread cultural manifestation in Central America, although its study is rarely the subject of specific archaeological research. However, some major sites are well known and have given rise to a deeper understanding of their functions within the societies that produced them. Through an overview of recent work on the most studied sites and regions, we propose to take up the roles played by scientists, the fruits of their analyses and interpretations. We will consider sites located from Guatemala to Costa Rica, which allows us to cover a large extension of territories belonging to the cultural areas defined in the isthmus. In this way, it can be seen that the roles assumed by the rock art present common points and differences according to the cultural areas.