Tres sitios de pinturas rupestres en la alta Tarahumara

Abstract

Prehistoric rock paintings from Northern Mexico are becoming better known. Twenty sites for a single municipio in the state of Nuevo Leon have recently been described. Not all the paintings that are being found are a spectacular as the ones from Baja California, but once they have been studied, a better insight into the life of prehistoric nomadic hunters can be gained. The main problem in interpreting these paintings is our lack of ethnohistorical knowledge, due to the extintion of local tribes in the late XVIII century. The two sites described in this article are from the Upper Tarahumara country in Chihuahua. The author suggests that a study of contemporary Tarahumara cultures could give an insight into the meaning of these paintings.