Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Cultures > Center > Central Chile’s First Communities

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Though little evidence remains, these groups seem to have established settlements along the main water courses of the region and only occupied more distant sites occasionally, probably because the river bank sites offered the best location for their emerging horticultural activities. They were not sedentary, however, but still moved around quite a lot during this period.