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Carlos J. Gradin inspecting rock art at Cueva de las Manos

Carlos J. Gradin, also known as Carlos Gradín, was an Argentine surveyor and archaeologist. He is known for his extensive studies of Cueva de las Manos,[1] and carried out numerous studies in the Patagonian region.[2] He was considered by Luis Abel Orquera to have been "the principal authority on indigenous Pampean-Patagonian art."[3] He was a member of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET).[4][2][5]

Carlos J. Gradin died[6] in 2002.[7]

Work at Cueva de las Manos

Gradin and his team's study of cave art in and around Cueva de las Manos formed the most important research on the site. Him and his team began excavating the sites in 1964, which marked the beginning of their 30-year-long study.[1][8][9]

In his studies, Gradin helped to separate the different stylistic sequences of the cave, and of rock art in Patagonia as a whole.[9][10][11][12]

The importance of his discoveries to the country's natural and cultural heritage resulted in the site being named a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in 1999.[9]

Gradin has an Archaeological Museum named after him in Perito Moreno, Argentina.[10][13]

References

  1. ^ a b Delegación Buenos Aires-MINPRO. "Cueva de las Manos". Cueva de las Manos (in Spanish). Perito Moreno, Argentina. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. ^ a b Schobinger, Juan (April 1976). King, Mary Elizabeth (ed.). "Current Research". American Antiquity. 41 (2). Cambridge University Press: 234. doi:10.1017/S0002731600092453. ISSN 0002-7316. JSTOR 279175 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ Orquera, Luis Abel (December 1987). "Advances in the Archaeology of the Pampa and Patagonia". Journal of World Prehistory. 1 (4): 393. doi:10.1007/BF00974880. ISSN 0892-7537. JSTOR 25800531. Gradin is the principal authority on indigenous Pampean-Patagonian art.
  4. ^ ORTIZ-TRONCOSO, Omar R. (1980). "INVENTORY OF RADIOCARBON DATES FROM SOUTHERN PATAGONIA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO". Journal de la Société des américanistes. 67: 187. ISSN 0037-9174. JSTOR 24610115 – via JSTOR.
  5. ^ Wainwright, Ian N.M.; Helwig, Kate; Rolandi, Diana S.; Gradin, Carlos; Mercedes Podestá, M.; Onetto, María; Aschero, Carlos A. (2002). Rock paintings conservation and pigment analysis at Cueva de las Manos and Cerro de los Indios, Santa Cruz (Patagonia), Argentina (PDF). Vol. 2. ICOM Preprints. p. 582. OCLC 938407252. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ References to the death of Carlos J. Gradin:
  7. ^ "Lands, Hands And Cyanide: Mining Expansion In Northwest Santa Cruz". www.minesandcommunities.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  8. ^ Schobinger, Juan (2016-12-05). The Ancient Americans: a reference guide to the art, culture, and history of pre-Columbian North and South America. Vol. 1. Translated by Evans-Corrales, Carys (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 39–44, 57–61, 67 & 70. doi:10.4324/978131570375. ISBN 978-0-7656-8034-1. OCLC 967392115 – via ProQuest Ebook Central.
  9. ^ a b c The Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas WHC Nomination Documentation (PDF). Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
  10. ^ a b Onetto, María; Podestá, María Mercedes (2011). "Cueva de las Manos: An Outstanding Example of a Rock Art Site in South America" (PDF). Adoranten. Scandinavian Society for Prehistoric Art: 67–78.
  11. ^ Dobrez, Livio; Dobrez, Patricia (2014). "Canonical Figures and the Recognition of Animals in Life and Art". Boletín del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. 19 (1): 9–22. doi:10.4067/s0718-68942014000100002. ISSN 0718-6894.
  12. ^ Fiore, Dánae (2008). "Art on the rocks: Argentina, 2000–2004". In Bahn, Paul G.; Franklin, Natalie R.; Strecker, Matthias (eds.). Rock art studies: news of the world. Vol. 3. Paul G. Bahn, Natalie R. Franklin, Matthias Strecker. Oxford: Oxford Books. pp. 313 & 315. ISBN 978-1-78297-590-8. JSTOR j.ctt1cd0p65. OCLC 908040896.
  13. ^ Onetto, Maria (2014), Smith, Claire (ed.), "Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas Cave Art", Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, New York, NY: Springer, p. 1845, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1624, ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2, retrieved 2021-04-22
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