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Felipe I. Echenique March
En los últimos años investigadores nacionales y extranjeros han enfocado su atenci6n bacía la llamada pintura rupestre. Con los resultados de sus trabajos han logrado despejar diversas inc6gnitas y mitos en torno a esta forma de expresión de los antiguos califomios.En este documento, sin pretender invadir el campo de la arqueología, se aportan algunas precisiones y reflexiones sobre las representaciones culturales pictóricas, pictográficas y petrográficas, desde un enfoque histórico. Para ello se recurre al análisis y critica de las fuentes escritas, en particular aquellas referentes a la temprana histografía de la pintura rupestre de los grupos indígenas californianos.
During the last few years both Mexican and foreign researchers have focused their attention on prehistoric painting. As a result of their labors, they have been able to solve several mysteries, as well as dispelling some myths revolving around this form of expression among the ancient Californians.This document, without any intention of invading the field of the archeologist, discusses some clarifications and reflections having to do with pictorial cultural representations, pictographs, and petroglyphs, from a historical standpoint. To do so, it turns to an analysis and critique of written sources, particularly those which refer to the early history of prehistoric painting produced by indigenous groups in the Califomias.
