Rock paintings of mammals at Central, Bahia, Brazil

Beltrão, Maria da Conceição de M.C.; Locks, Martha

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751993000400018

Abstract

Rock paintings of mammals have been studied in five of the 243 localities contained within the 270,000 km² Archeological Region of Central, Bahia. From features of external morphology, it was possible to recognize 11 mammals represented in the paintings: for five, to attribute the species; another five, the genera; and, for one, merely the family. This study aims to underline the importance of prehistoric man's contribution, by way of these rock paintings, to our knowledge of the mammals depicted, both taxonomically and in terms of their distribution within the bounds of the Project in the State of Bahia.

Mammals; rock paintings; morphology; archeological region; Bahia; Brazil

Rock paintings of mammals at Central, Bahia, Brazil¹ 1 Financed partly by the National Research Council (CNPq) and the Study and Research Finance Agency (FINEP).

Maria da Conceição de M.C. Beltrão^I,II; Martha Locks^I

^IDepartamento de Antropologia, Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil

^IIResearcher of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq)

ABSTRACT

Rock paintings of mammals have been studied in five of the 243 localities contained within the 270,000 km² Archeological Region of Central, Bahia. From features of external morphology, it was possible to recognize 11 mammals represented in the paintings: for five, to attribute the species; another five, the genera; and, for one, merely the family. This study aims to underline the importance of prehistoric man's contribution, by way of these rock paintings, to our knowledge of the mammals depicted, both taxonomically and in terms of their distribution within the bounds of the Project in the State of Bahia.

Key words: Mammals, rock paintings, morphology, archeological region, Bahia, Brazil

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Our wholehearted thanks go to Mr. Luiz Antonio Alves Costa of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) who collaborated in producing the drawings and to Peter Lenny for the translation.

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Recebido em 25.VII.1993; aceito em 28.III.1994.

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Financed partly by the National Research Council (CNPq) and the Study and Research Finance Agency (FINEP).

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
03 Aug 2009
Date of issue
1993

History

Accepted
28 Mar 1994
Received
25 July 1993

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[1] BELTRÃO, M.C. DE M.C. & T.A. LIMA. 1988. Os Zoomorfos da Serra Azul e da Serra de Santo Inácio. Rev. Patrimônio Hist. e Artístico Nac. 21:146-157.

[2] BELTRÃO, M.C. de M.C. & M. LOCKS. 1993. Pintura Rupestre en la Región Arqueológica de Central, Estado de Bahia, Brasil. Socied. Invest. Art. Rup. Bol.(SIARB), La Paz, Bolivia, Bol. 7: 23-37.

[3] BELTRÃO, M.C. de M.C; M. LOCKS & D. CORDEIRO. 1993. Project Central (Bahia, Brazil): Rock Art in the Chapada Diamantina Uplands. Soc. Bras. Arq. (SAB), Programa e Resumos: 67.

[4] CABRERA, A. 1957. Catálogo de los Mamíferos de America del Sur. Rev. Mus. Arq. Ciênc. Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Inst. Nac. Investig. Ciênc. Nat., Ciênc. Zool. 4 (1):1-307.

[5] ______. 1960. Catálogo de los Mamíferos de America del Sur. Rev. Mus. Arq. Ciênc. Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Inst. Nac. Investig. Ciênc. Nat., Ciênc. Zool. 4 (2):209-732.

[6] CABRERA, A. & J. YEPES. 1940. Mamíferos Sudamericanos. Buenos Aires, Compañía Argentina de Editores, 370p.

[7] CARVALHO, C.T. 1979. Dicionário dos Mamíferos do Brasil. São Paulo, Nobel, 2nd. ed., 135p.

[8] HOFFMANN, R.S. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Lawrence, Allen Press, Inc. and The Association of Systematic Collectors, 1, 319p.

[9] KOWALSKI, K. 1981. Mamíferos - Manual de Teriología. Madrid, H. Blume Ed., 1st. ed., 532p.

[10] MONZON, S. 1987. L'art rupestre sud-américain. Pré-histoire d'un continent. Science et Découvertes, Le Rocher, Jean Paul Bertrand, 122p.

[11] MOOJEN, J. 1952. Os Roedores do Brasil. Brasil, Ministério da Educação e Cultura, série A-II, 214p.

[12] PALAZZO Jr., J.T. & M.C. BOTH. 1988. Guia dos Mamíferos Marinhos. Porto Alegre, Ed. SAGRA, p.45-47.

[13] SANTOS, E. 1984. Entre o Gambá e o Macaco. Belo Horizonte, Ed. Itatiaia Ltda., Col. Zool. Brasílica, vol. 6, 287p.

[14] SIMPSON, G.C. 1945. The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 85:XXVI +350p.