scholarly journals Approaches to Visibility and Strategical Control of the Sierra Harana Schematic Rock Art (Granada, Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Marcos Fernández Ruiz ◽  
Fernando Corbacho Gadella ◽  
Liliana Spanedda ◽  
Alberto Dorado Alejos
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Strong Link ◽  
Water Springs ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hydrographic Network ◽  
Rock Shelters

An approach about territorial control and mobility in Sierra Harana (Granada, Spain) during Late Prehistory is presented in this paper, according to rock shelters with schematic rock art distribution. Different aspects have been analysed by using tools provided by Geographic Information Systems (GIS): the relationship between rock shelters and hydrographic network and water springs, and, mainly, their visual control. The association between rock shelters with schematic rock art and burial caves use during the Neolithic period is observed in the study area. A strong link between rock shelters and traditional pathways is also attested. These facts can be read as a way to mark symbolically certain routes that could be aimed to short transhumance practice. 

Land Use, Land Ideology: An Integrated Geographic Information Systems Analysis of Rock Art Within South-Central California

2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 792-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Central California ◽  
Gis Applications ◽  
South Central ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Research Questions

While rock art is global in distribution, it remains a media fix in placed within particular physical environments. Because of this, it can be examined using various spatial approaches and technologies. By integrating a variety of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications to examine the location and position of rock art in relation to both natural features and other archaeological deposits, a detailed understanding of the positioning of rock art can be advanced. In this case, I employ this methodology to address the presence that rock art exerted within the Emgidiano/Hulkuhku Chumash landscape of South-Central California. In so doing, I demonstrate that specific research questions concerning rock art in public or private contexts can be addressed, and that in this example, the pictographs of the Hulkuhku were visibly integrated within the intimate confines of the most important economic places in the landscape, showing that subsistence and symbolic practices were conjoined through ideological media.

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