Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC)
As more than a means of recalling, memory is an active cultural creation and landscape inscriptions construct memories by locating place-based historical narratives. To model memory in terms of engagement with a place through inscription, this study focuses on a complex palimpsest petroglyph panel a...
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| description | As more than a means of recalling, memory is an active cultural creation and landscape inscriptions construct memories by locating place-based historical narratives. To model memory in terms of engagement with a place through inscription, this study focuses on a complex palimpsest petroglyph panel at the site of Kiñan Tanka, which is situated in the highland north-central Andes. Photogrammetric modeling and vector renderings of Kiñan Tanka’s panel are analyzed to identify the microstratigraphy of its motifs. These data are paired with recently-acquired excavation data from three nearby rock art sites to reveal a tradition of incised petroglyphs that covered approximately 1300 years (1500 - 200 BC). The spatio-temporal relationships of Kiñan Tanka’s iconography are considered within its context as a venerated place and a threshold between distinct worlds during the Formative Period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99be837c240b4bb6942b6185c5e239022022-12-22T01:56:34ZengUniversidad de Los AndesHart2539-22632590-91262019-07-015127156https://doi.org/10.25025/hart05.2019.07Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC)Gordon Ambrosino0Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Art of the Ancient Americas DepartmentAs more than a means of recalling, memory is an active cultural creation and landscape inscriptions construct memories by locating place-based historical narratives. To model memory in terms of engagement with a place through inscription, this study focuses on a complex palimpsest petroglyph panel at the site of Kiñan Tanka, which is situated in the highland north-central Andes. Photogrammetric modeling and vector renderings of Kiñan Tanka’s panel are analyzed to identify the microstratigraphy of its motifs. These data are paired with recently-acquired excavation data from three nearby rock art sites to reveal a tradition of incised petroglyphs that covered approximately 1300 years (1500 - 200 BC). The spatio-temporal relationships of Kiñan Tanka’s iconography are considered within its context as a venerated place and a threshold between distinct worlds during the Formative Period.https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.25025/hart05.2019.07Formative PeriodPalimpsestPhotogrammetryNorth-Central AndesRock ArtLandscape |
| spellingShingle | Gordon Ambrosino Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC) Hart Formative Period Palimpsest Photogrammetry North-Central Andes Rock Art Landscape |
| title | Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC) |
| title_full | Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC) |
| title_fullStr | Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC) |
| title_short | Inscription, Place, and Memory: Palimpsest Rock Art and the Evolution of Highland, Andean Social Landscapes in the Formative Period (1500 – 200 BC) |
| title_sort | inscription place and memory palimpsest rock art and the evolution of highland andean social landscapes in the formative period 1500 200 bc |
| topic | Formative Period Palimpsest Photogrammetry North-Central Andes Rock Art Landscape |
| url | https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.25025/hart05.2019.07 |
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