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The spirits in the stones: indigenous visualities, ethnography and rock art

This article proposes a reinterpretation of rock art images by integrating ethnographic records and art analysis, with a focus on the iconography of non-human entities represented in masks, drawings, and other visual expressions found in Indigenous communities in Brazil. Based on the premise that th...

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Main Author:	Troiano, Leonardo Paes
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2025
Subjects:	Etnografia Arte Rupestre Arqueologia Petróglifo Iconografia Ethnography Rock Art Archaeology Petroglyph Iconography
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/rhac/article/view/20740
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