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Petroglyphs from the Castle Gardens, Wyoming, USA. Drawings © by Maarten van Hoek, based on illustrations by A. Scott Burgan; B. James Adams.
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I started working on this book in 2014, triggered by the discovery of many enigmatic petroglyphs in the Majes Valley of Peru, which I labelled ‘Carcanchas’ (Van Hoek 2013); rare anthropomorphic figures symbolising life and death. It proved that - globally - there were many more rock art images and some objects that are possibly related to the same...
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My latest book about Arequipa rock art (Peru) exclusively deals with the icon of the enigmatic Majes “Dancer”, which proves to have an unexpected limited distribution, yet appears in large numbers and endless varieties. The book has 71 pages, more than 22.000 words, 61 numbered illustrations, an Appendix with 12 illustrations (a total of 123 illustrations) and a list of references.
Toro Muerto es el sitio de arte rupestre más grande de los Andes, conocido desde 1953. En 2018, un equipo de investigación polaco-peruano inició el Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica - Toro Muerto (PIA-TM) e inspeccionó una parte informada anteriormente, pero no inspeccionada en el extremo norte del sitio. Se llamaba Sector-X. Este estudio intenta analizar el arte rupestre del Sector-X considerando especialmente el estado del Sector-X dentro del Complejo de Arte Rupestre de Toro Muerto. Para lograr esto, mi estudio se enfoca principalmente en la ocurrencia y distribución de un petroglifo de un ave específico que es exclusivo del Valle Central de Majes en el sur de Perú. - * -
Toro Muerto is the largest rock art site in the Andes, known since 1953. In 2018 a Polish-Peruvian research team started the Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica - Toro Muerto (PIA-TM) and surveyed an earlier-reported, yet not-surveyed part in the far north of the site. It was called Sector-X. This study attempts at analysing the rock art at Sector-X especially by considering the status of Sector-X within the Rock Art Complex of Toro Muerto. To achieve this, my study mainly focusses on the occurrence and distribution of a specific bird petroglyph that is exclusive for the Central Majes Valley of southern Peru.
This paper again demonstrates that in the area of the Majes Rock Art Style (Arequipa; southern Peru) many sites are firmly and ritually connected with at least one of the Sacred Mountains (the Apus) of the area. Those volcanoes play an important role in selecting spots for rock art production. La Caldera is one example.
