The paper presents the initial study of a unique rock-art site discovered at the northern tip of the Mainland (Grande Terre) of New Caledonia. On the walls of a cliff-face at the foot of a karst outcrop near Roche Mauprat, people have carved successive layers of geometric and figurative motifs. The fine, detailed engraving style of some human figures is unlike anything identified to date in the rock-art of New Caledonia, where petroglyph anthropomorphic motifs are very rare. We present the main themes that have been recorded, including geometrics, groups of dancing figures and sets of traditional houses surrounded by trees. Only one European figure was identified, indicating that the main engraving period was probably pre-contact and pre-colonial. The paper discusses the relation of this new rock-art style to other art forms, and especially the well-studied Kanak engraved bamboo tradition that flourished during the second half of the nineteenth century in New Caledonia.

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一种新的美拉尼西亚摇滚艺术风格：新喀里多尼亚阿拉马酋邦罗氏莫普拉特的具象版画

本文介绍了对在新喀里多尼亚大陆北端 (Grande Terre) 发现的独特岩石艺术遗址的初步研究。在罗氏莫普拉附近的喀斯特露头脚下的悬崖壁上，人们雕刻了一层层的几何图形和图形图案。一些人物的精美、细致的雕刻风格不同于迄今为止在新喀里多尼亚的岩石艺术中发现的任何东西，那里的岩画拟人化图案非常罕见。我们展示了已记录的主要主题，包括几何图形、舞蹈人物群和被树木环绕的传统房屋。仅确定了一个欧洲人物，表明主要雕刻时期可能是接触前和前殖民时期。本文讨论了这种新的摇滚艺术风格与其他艺术形式的关系，