Rock Art Research
THE IMPACT OF A COLONIAL ROAD ON THE ROCK ART OF NORTHERN MEXICO
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Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Sede Oaxaca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Abstract
This article explores Colonial period rock art related to the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. Through these unique expressions of indigenous culture native visions of the Camino and its development through time will be explored. The impact of the European encounter on the native peoples who traversed this road will also be considered, as recorded in their own artistic expressions, reviewing the process through which their culture was hybridised.