Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

Strecker’s introduction to the first edition, reprinted here largely unchanged, raises questions about the techniques of production and avenues of interpretation, then concludes with a stylistic summary of Lower Central American rock art based upon earlier work of Stone (1948) and Krickeberg (1949). Partially because of the lack of discussion of rock art styles in Upper Central America and some need for clarification in usage, elsewhere I have attempted to define the rock art syles of Precolombian Guatemala and to suggest a standardized descriptive terminology which can be used throughout the New World in rock art contexts.

Series: Monograph 10