Rock Art Research

The authors present a preliminary vision of late pre-Hispanic, Colonial and Republican rock art at the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca, based on their research of fifty sites over seventeen years. Several traditions are described: geometric or ‘abstract’ designs, schematic camelid figures, ‘religious scenes’, and ‘scenes’ representing conflicts between armed persons. At least some of the sites, and possibly the vast majority, are considered of particular importance as part of the ritual landscape of the Indians.