Gutierrez Martínez, M.d.l.L., G., Aceves Medina & I.M., Álvarez Ramírez (2020). Ichthyofauna of the Baja California Peninsula in the rock paintings of Sierra de San Francisco and Sierra de Guadalupe, Mexico. 17th Biennial Southwest Symposium Archaeological Conference held in Tempe, Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona, Estados Unidos de América, enero 30 - febrero 1, 2020, 30.
María de la Luz Gutierrez Martínez 1, Gerardo Aceves Medina 2 y Indra María Álvarez Ramírez 2
The Sierras de San Francisco and Guadalupe, located in the north of the state of Baja California Sur, contain a huge number of sites of the Gran Mural pictorial tradition. Painted panels exhibit an interesting diversity of terrestrial and marine fauna. In a large part of these sites, the fish stand out, some crudely designed, but with morphological characteristics that permit their identification at the taxonomic levels of family or genus. In some exceptional cases, there are paintings so well delineated that researchers can determine identifications at the species level. In this research, we present the results of the identification of the ichthyomorphous representations that have been made in several rock art sites of these mountains. The depictions correspond to at least 11 morpho-types that belong to five orders and seven families. Among the figures, sharks, rays, morays, groupers, jack mackerels, pompano, tunas and flounder stand out. The current distribution of these taxa on the coasts of the peninsula is discussed. The identification of these species will allow the gradual production of a catalog, which among other things, will aid in the identification of the depicted taxa’s origin (Gulf of California or the West Coast of the Peninsula of Baja California). This information will in turn be useful to understand mobility patterns and the subsistence practices of hunter-gatherer-fisher groups that lived in these mountains.
Palabras clave: Ichthyofauna; Baja California península; rock paintings; Sierra de San Francisco; Sierra de Guadalupe; Mexico
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