…A girl was seated on the edge of a chacuña –a semi-circle of stones where the shepherdesses went to do their weaving. As she watched her flock in the…
Yámana
…Listen Song Chiehaus Úrsula Calderón. Ukika, Punta Arenas. 1994. Grabación: José Pérez de Arce. Archivo MCHAP. Listen Cuento del Pájaro Úrsula Calderón. Ukika, Punta Arenas. 1994. Grabación: José…
Historia de los guitarroneros según Santos Rubio
…Santos Rubio cuenta la historia de los guitarroneros de Pirque y Puente Alto en el Segundo Encuentro Nacional de Guitarroneros. Este video forma parte de los fragmentos de archivos…
Culto y Funebria
…The Selk’nam had a complex ideology that was expressed through myths, legends, rites and intricate social ceremonies. They had a monotheistic religion that recognized a divine spirit, Temaukel, as…
Aymara
…For thousands of years music has played a major role in Andean societies. Proof of this is found in the countless musical instruments discovered during archeological excavations of the…
Organización Social
…Tierra del Fuego’s Isla Grande was divided into haruwen (territories), each occupied by an extended family group. Selk’nam society was organized around four basic social institutions. The first was…
History
…The history of the indigenous population of Ollagüe and San Pedro Estación is linked to that of the neighboring Uyuni Salt Flat in Southwest Bolivia. Archeology in the region…
History
…Tehuelche was the name given by the Mapuche to the people inhabiting the Pampa on the northern coast of the Strait of Magellan. European sailors called them “Patagones” (“bigfoot”),…
Haciendo un casco andino
…Para hacer el armazón de un casco, primero se doblan tres tablillas de madera y se fijan con un cordel en el punto donde éstas se interceptan. Con un…
Selk’nam
…The music of the Selk’nam people is essential vocal and includes both solo and choral singing, sometimes accompanied by simple instruments such as bird bone whistles and the percussive…
Marine fisher-hunter-gatherers of the Arid North
…enabling these groups to fish on the open ocean, using their harpoons to hunt whales, turtles or swordfish directly on the water. Fishing was especially productive, providing a surplus that…
The pictographs of Cueva Blanca
…Around 400 B.C., in the Upper Salado River basin, a style of rock painting emerged that had never been seen before in the region. This style was radically…
Marine hunter-gatherers of the southern zone
…In the Southern Zone of the territory that is now Chile, as early as 8000 B.C., another kind of marine hunter-gatherer culture emerged. These groups not only extracted…
The picture-engravings of Taira
…One of the most renowned rock art styles is the Taira, which takes its name froma rock shelter in the upper Loa River basin. This style’s beautiful images…
The petroglyphs of Kalina
…Eight kilometers south of Alero de Taira is the archeological site of Calina Oeste, an open-air campcontaining the remains of several circular stone-walled dwellings. The camp’s former occupants…
The Story of the Toads
…As told by José Tonko Wide (Kstákso) Horcón, 1976 The east wind and the west wind say this, that … they blew, were blowing against one another, so the…
Inka Provincial Ceramics
…The aríbalo jug, the pedestal pot and the plate together consituted the basic set of ceramic vessels used by individuals and groups residing in provinces under Inka Imperial…
Historia
…Chile’s Selk’nam people were also known as the Ona, a Yamana word meaning “northward” or “northern.” They are completely extinct today. The Selk’nam’s first contact with Europeans was with…
The pictographs of Milla
…latter site. The Milla panels contain large-scale red pictographs painted onto rock walls that are highly visible from the valley floor. The combined use of lines and flat painting are…
Economy
…to the resources that they offer, be they for economic, nutritional, medicinal, ritual or technological use. Farming took place at oases, specifically in terraces built on ravine slopes and irrigated…
Beliefs and funerary practices
…Quechua beliefs and religious celebrations are similar to those of other Andean indigenous peoples. One of the main belief systems is that of “payment” to the mallkus—the guardian spirits…