Análisis de la construcción de las figuras equinas en el arte rupestre del valle de guasapampa como evidencia de una apropiación simbólica del conquistador (Córdoba, Argentina)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to understand the role of horse motifs that have been identified in rock art from the southern section of the Guasapampa valley (Córdoba, Argentina). The analysis of rock art characteristics through a comparative perspective focused on the form of camelid and horse designs allows us to propose that the typically Hispanic horse motif was defined under pre-Hispanic parameters and belief contexts. The construction of new significants based on a pre-Hispanic group strategy could be considered a symbolic appropriation of the Other. As such, the rock art becomes a material means for pre-Hispanic groups occupying the Guasapampa valley, to "translate" the new Spanish feature into their own beliefs and strategies.