The style and iconography of the ten rock art sites known so far in Palau, Micronesia, including two newly discovered rock painting sites, are described and linked to their geographic locations, archaeological associations, oral traditions and local iconographies. Following a brief review of rock art in Micronesia and parts of Island Southeast Asia and New Guinea, Palau's eight rock painting sites and two rock engraving sites are regionally contextualized. We found no apparent relationships with rock art elsewhere in Micronesia but stylistic similarities with eastern Indonesia and West Papua painting traditions are clear. This may suggest the Palau paintings were created early in the archipelago's cultural sequence. Palau's rock paintings are clearly within the Austronesian painting tradition while the single well-recorded carving site does not conform with the Austronesian engraving style. Palau's rock art is also closely aligned to the Oceanic Rock Art Tradition.

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在当地和区域背景下回顾密克罗尼西亚帕劳的岩石艺术

迄今为止，密克罗尼西亚帕劳已知的十个岩画遗址的风格和肖像，包括两个新发现的岩画遗址，都被描述并与其地理位置、考古协会、口述传统和当地肖像画相关联。在简要回顾了密克罗尼西亚以及东南亚岛屿和新几内亚部分地区的岩画之后，帕劳的八个岩画遗址和两个岩画遗址进行了区域背景化。我们发现与密克罗尼西亚其他地方的岩石艺术没有明显的关系，但与印度尼西亚东部和西巴布亚绘画传统的风格相似之处很明显。这可能表明帕劳绘画是在群岛文化序列的早期创作的。帕劳' 他的岩画显然属于南岛绘画传统，而单一记录完好的雕刻地点并不符合南岛的雕刻风格。帕劳的岩石艺术也与海洋岩石艺术传统密切相关。