…were buried in canoes or hollowed out trunks, others in stone boxes, others directly in the ground and still others in ceramic funeral urns. Urns were the most common form…
Art
The El Molle people were expert stoneworkers who sculpted and polished stone to produce pipes in inverted-T forms, as well as their characteristic lip ornaments known as tembetás,…
Semi-Arid North
…was led by a kuraka (head chief). In each valley the segments engaged in rivalry and competed with each other, but they also cooperated. In effect, each valley had two…
Atacameña
…and percussion instruments and laquita pipes). Even so, it is difficult to speak in general terms about Atacameño music, as each community developed its own musical tradition and instruments and…
Haciendo un casco andino
…fino hilado de fibra de camélido se envuelve una trama semiflexible compuesta de tallos de junco, que evoluciona en espiral en torno al armazón, al mismo tiempo que la va…
The Son of the Canelo
…Once, while rubbing together two sticks, Alape discovered fire. His companion was very afraid and put out the fire, because he was not used to the heat. Alape made fire…
De la tierra a la pantalla
…Viaje al interior de las vidas de tres comunicadores Mapuche que a través de radio, video e Internet, combaten los medios de comunicación masiva con imágenes y los puntos…
Social organization
…El desarrollo aldeano asociado a una arquitectura de carácter ceremonial y la proliferación de nuevas actividades de subsistencia, sugiere un aumento de la complejidad social. Debió existir entre los…
Settlement Pattern
…in ravines or near small plots around highland wetlands. Settlements in Ollagüe are located in the Puquios, Cohasa, Del Inca, Caichape and Amincha ravines, while in the Quechua communities of…
Kawashkar
…the Kawashkar featured short phrases sung repeatedly using different rhythms. One person would begin the song and the rest of the group would join in melody gradually until a complete…
The story of the Shepherdess
…homestead and flies over to it, intending to rest on its thatched roof. Urrucutu Pancho and his daughter see the condor coming near, because it is their house the bird…
History
…and re-adaptation” (1680–1722 A.D.), which ended when the island was first visited by Europeans. Around 1600 A.D., competition between clans to claim more territory and enhance their prestige by building…
Social organization
…the church. Modern Aymara social organizations include urban associations created to assist highland residents who come to the city for a time, or to organize collective labor to help the…
History
…and the Atacama region became part of the Republic of Bolivia. The growth of trade and commerce led to the rapid development of the region, which was annexed by Chile…
Social organization
…the group or inherited the title as the son or friend of a former chief. Marriage was allowed after coming of age, and at the same time a Kawésqar also…
History
…spoke their native tongue and were only able to communicate with Spanish speakers through interpreters. Three decades later a ‘bilingual’ system was imposed on the group that made Spanish the…
Art
Painting was a key element in Tehuelche art and was practiced on different media. Facial and body paints were applied daily as protection from the elements and for…
Far South
…were driven to learn and to document what they found; it was necessary to learn about places before one could control them. And how did the 16th century Europeans come…
Historia
…Bato society incorporated cultural elements from the first Ceramic Communities, such as ceramics with nipple-shaped appliqués and iron ore paint, the tembetá, and ceremonial pipes. They shared other ceramic-making…
The pictographs of Cueva Blanca
…disappearing altogether. The representation of individuals with poweremblems (sceptres) positioned hierarchically above other figures in the same composition points to distinctions in status that were likely based on the control…
Culto y Funebria
…These southern inland hunters buried their dead in a variety of ways. The most common type of burial is that of the steppe peoples of historic times, who placed…
Historia
…discoid stones suggests cultural relations with other groups that inhabited the Pacific coast of South America at roughly the same time and who inhabited sites such as the Huentelauquén complex…