Jaguares de nuevo: Consideraciones sobre la temática felínica en la iconografía cerámica del período Tardío en Yocavil (Noroeste Argentino)

the feline figure -mainly that of the jaguar- was central to thei conography of andean societies for 4000 years. it has often beensuggested that this continuity of felinic representations corresponds tothat of religious ideas. the late period jaguar representations in yocavilvalley pottery(santamariano style) disappears from the regional iconographic repertory towards the end of the first millennium ofour era (early late period), only reappearing four centuries later. ourconclusion addresses the discontinuity of the feline topic in yocavil.