The cave iconography of Arroyo Seco shares with the rest of the region the obsession for the image of the human figure; the most recurrent form was the schematic representation from the front and in static disposition; occasionally it shows fingers and/or toes or certain attributes (headdresses, skirts, banners or bows and arrows); occasionally, it was captured in a dynamic way and with greater volume, which gave it certain realistic features. Most of these motifs do not present sexual attributes, although in the male specimens the sex was indicated with a vertical line as a continuation of the trunk. In spite of being hunter-gatherer societies, hunting scenes are scarcely represented, as are dances; the latter were formed by small groups of human figures holding hands or with their arms raised, very much in the way hunters danced during the night ceremonies known as mitotes.

Anthropomorphic motif

Anthropomorphic figure