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Binary models of gender are often uncritically applied in paleoanthropology, even if the biological sex or gender identity of a specimen or representation is ambiguous. In the Upper Paleolithic, indicators ranging from simple bifurcating lines to overt representations of secondary sex characteristics may be used to identify an illustration, engraving, or piece of portable art as "male" or "female." These taxonomic rubrics are rarely stated explicitly. Still, the impression given by an overview...
Comparisons and Contrasts of Digital Imaging Technologies in Subterranean Mesoamerica (2017)
Over a period of just a few short years there have been dramatic advancements in digital imaging and scanning technologies. Increasingly, cave archaeologists around the world are utilizing many of these new platforms and techniques to document subterranean artwork. This paper outlines two different approaches to digital imaging of ancient Maya cave art. In Guatemala, a Z+F IMAGER 5010C 3D Laser scanner, mounted on a tripod, was employed in Cueva San Juan and Hun Nal Ye to document both...
Graphic narration and Spatial Organization in the Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc (2015)
The Aurignacian site of Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc (Ardèche, ca. 37,000 calBP) signals the origin of figurative art, with nearly 500 stylistically uniform parietal decorations. Images of animals are composed in a spectacular fashion, especially in the Secteur des Chevaux and the Salle du Fond. The latter, the end of the cave’s passages, is the clearest example of the management of subterranean space by Paleolithic artists in the interest of achieving their ultimate intention: to narrate by image....
Registros gráfico-rupestres en Yagul, pintura rupestre en contextos urbanos (2015)
El sitio arqueológico zapoteco de Yagul, Oaxaca, es conocido por su carácter de ciudad-fortaleza, contando con una gran cantidad de edificios monumentales, una traza urbana definida, y un área habitacional que se extiende más allá del macizo rocoso donde se enclavan los edificios más importantes. Empero poca información se ha referido en cuanto a un elemento que ante su pequeño tamaño, palidece frente a estos contextos mencionados, nos referimos a las pinturas rupestres y petrograbados que se...
Who Holds Your Light? Revealing relationships through a forensic approach to Upper Paleolithic cave art (2017)
The study of finger flutings, lines drawn with fingers in the soft surfaces of cave walls and ceilings, allows for the identification of unique individuals within a cave’s context. In early years of research we were able to identify men, women, and children in some of the 15 caves which have been studied. These led to discoveries as to which individuals which were often found together in their movement through the caves. The intimacy of cave spaces with artists working side by side, sometimes in...