25683
Author
Meighan, Clement W.
Title Of Article Chaper
Prehistoric rock paintings in Baja California
Title Of Journal Book
American antiquity: a quarterly review of American archaeology
Volume
31
Issue
3
Pages
372-392
Collation
27 figs., 8 tables
Reference Bibliography
refs.
ISSN
0002-7316
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Elaborate rock paintings from several rock shelters in the central part of Baja California are reported and described. The paintings are assigned to the Comondú culture on the basis of artifacts found in the shelters, one of which yielded a radiocarbon date of 1435±80. The paintings apparently served as hunting magic. The complexity of the rock art and the wealth of sites and paintings suggest a somewhat more advanced culture than reported by the Spanish.
Keywords
paintings;Mexico (Baja California);prehistoric;rock shelters; rock art
pub_id
25683