First results of the stratigraphic excavations in Oyola 7 (El Alto-Ancasti hills, province of Catamarca, argentina) by Gastaldi, Marcos, Gheco, Lucas, Moreno, Enrique, Granizo, Gabriela, Ahumada, Maximiliano, Egea, Débora, Quesada, Marcos

“…The reconstruction of the stratigraphic matrix allowed us to recognize a great variety of actions and practices carried out in the rocky outpost, in addition to painting the walls. Among them stand out the realization of fires in different sectors of the cave. …”
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The other rock art from El Alto-Ancasti: the sets of engravings and their articulation in the landscape by Gheco, Lucas, Zucarelli, Verónica, Meléndez, Ana Soledad, Quesada, Marcos

“…This rock art modality is imbricated and constitutive of the everyday landscapes, almost opposed to the restricted spaces within the painted caves.…”
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Landscape and experience in Oyola at the end of the first millennium ad (department El Alto, Catamarca). by Quesada, Marcos, Zuccarelli, Verónica, Ghecco, Lucas, Gastaldi, Marcos, Boscatto, Sofía, Moreno, Enrique

“…Through many decades of archaeological research, the mountain of El Alto-Ancasti, in the eastern side of the Catamarca province (Argentina), have been recognized by the great number of rock shelters with prehispanic paints and engraves. Without neglect the importance of these caves and shelters, in this work we concentrate in characterizing and contrasting two different and complementary landscapes: one associated with the shelters with rock art, nucleated in the area known as Cerro de Oyola, and another villager and agricultural, arranged in the adjacent lower space. …”
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