Rock paintings of mammals at Central, Bahia, Brazil

Maria da Conceição de M.C. Beltrão, Martha Locks
1993 Revista Brasileira de Zoologia  
Rock paintings of mammals have been studied in five of the 243 localities contained within the 270,000 km 2 Archeological Region of Central, Bahia. From features of external morphology, it was possible to recognize II mammals represented in the paintings: for five , to attribute the species; another five , the genera; and, for one, merely lhe family. This study aims lO underline lhe imporlance of prehistoric man 's conlribulion, by way of these rock paintings, to our knowledge of the mammals
more » ... icled , both taxonomically and in terms of their distribution within the bounds of the Project in the State of Bahia.
doi:10.1590/s0101-81751993000400018 fatcat:t3affmpndbaerivmui2sh53hxm