Thematic study on Rock Art in Latin America and the Caribbean
Paris: ICOMOS, 2006. 225 p.

http://www.icomos.org/studies/rock-latinamerica.htm
http://www.icomos.org/studies/rockart-latinamerica/fulltext.pdf
http://www.icomos.org/studies/rockart-latinamerica/zone2-3.pdf
http://www.icomos.org/studies/rockart-latinamerica/annex2.pdf ( Cololmbia in Spanish)

Paper edition and web edition
The first volume in a series of Regional Thematic Studies on Rock Art, which will amass
data on regional characteristics in order to begin to link more strongly rock art images
to social and economic circumstances, and strong regional or local traits, particularly
religious or cultural traditions and beliefs.
Rock art needs to be anchored as far as possible in a geo-cultural context. Its images
may be outstanding from an aesthetic point of view; however, more often their full
significance is related to their links with the societies that produced them and the meanings with which they
were imbued. In order to understand these links, further research may be needed on the context of rock art. It
is hoped that the thematic studies will help identify where such further work could be helpful.
The thematic study on Latin America and the Caribbean is a collaborative effort between the ICOMOS
International Scientific Committee on Rock Art, one of the ICOMOS advisors on World Heritage and the World
Heritage Unit at the ICOMOS International Secretariat.

www.international.icomos.org/annual_reports/2006/pdf/ICOMOS_annual_report_2006_web.pdf

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