Economía
Two hunter gatherer groups existed, with marked specializations and differences between them. First, there were the groups adapted to a hunter gatherer lifestyle in the temperate forests, with a strong emphasis on collecting wild fruit and balancing their diet with freshwater fish and mollusks and small game animals such as the Pudú (Chilean dwarf deer), rodents, and birds. These groups seem to have moved around locally according to seasonal cycles, with some longer journeys linking them with the coastal and trans-Andean regions. The other groups lived in communities that were specially adapted to the coastal environment, and subsisted on shellfish, fish and marine and land mammals. Their seafaring skills allowed them to colonize offshore islands such as Quiriquina, Santa María, and Mocha.