ARTE RUPESTRE EN EL VALLE EL ENCANTO (OVALLE, REGIóN DE COQUIMBO): HACIA UNA REVALUACIóN DEL SITIO-TIPO DEL ESTILO LIMARí

this paper presents a reevaluation ofthe valle el encanto rock art site (ovalle, región of coquimbo, chile). the limarístyle ivas originally definedat this site and ivas interpreted as associated chronologically with the el molle complex, a representative culture ofthe early ceramic period in chile's semiarid north. based on a críticalassessment ofthe assumptions that led to this interpretation, and also through a new analysis ofthe rock art itself we have proposed dividing its representations into three main sets, associated with the late archaic, early ceramic and late intermediate/late periods. through the results, we discuss and redefine the topic ofrock art expression in chile's semiarid north.