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SIARB - Rock Art of Bolivia
BOLIVIAN ROCK ART RESEARCH SOCIETY
Sociedad de Investigacion del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia
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Vallegrande
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Vallegrande in west of Dept. Santa Cruz belongs to the Andean highlands. Numerous rock art sites have been registered with a great variety of paintings and engravings that span at least several millenia. Two sites are presented here: SC 074, a small cave with paintings and engravings executed in different periods. The oldest representations are more than 20 negative hand stencils. In later times a large stylized human figure was painted in white holding a staff and another object (height: 1,13 m). Some animals were partly painted on top of this anthropomorph, in red and white. Apparently, a few abstract motifs in yellow and red represent the next phase, and finally there are white paintings belonging to the Colonial period, including a human figure holding up a cross, apparently scaring away another anthropomorph pictured in a frog-like fashion. SC004, another small cave in Vallegrande, features two magnificent mask-like designs, one of which was chosen as logo of the Bolivian Rock Art Society (SIARB). It is estimated to date to about 1000 A.D.
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