The Serranía de la Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon hosts one of the most spectacular global rock art traditions. Painted in vibrant ochre pigments, the artwork depicts abstract and figurative designs – including a high diversity of animal motifs – and holds key information for understanding how Amazonians made sense of their world. We compare a zooarchaeological assemblage with painted depictions of animals at the Cerro Azul site, and utilise relevant ethnographies and ethnohistories. A lack of direct proportional relationships between the animal representation in the art and zooarchaeological remains alludes to the complex socio-cultural interconnection between Amazonian communities and their ritualised environments. We discuss the benefits and limitations of quantitative categorisation and explore Indigenous ontologies, highlighting Amazonian perspectives on human-animal relationships.

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林多萨山脉的动物：探索哥伦比亚亚马逊岩石艺术和动物考古遗迹的表现和分类


哥伦比亚亚马逊地区的林多萨山脉拥有全球最壮观的岩石艺术传统之一。这件艺术品采用充满活力的赭石颜料绘制，描绘了抽象和具象的设计——包括高度多样化的动物图案——并掌握了了解亚马逊人如何理解他们的世界的关键信息。我们将动物考古组合与塞罗阿祖尔遗址的动物绘画进行比较，并利用相关的民族志和民族史。艺术中的动物表现与动物考古遗迹之间缺乏直接的比例关系，这暗示了亚马逊社区与其仪式化环境之间复杂的社会文化相互联系。我们讨论定量分类的好处和局限性，并探索本土本体论，强调亚马逊人对人与动物关系的观点。