…the head of a rooster and some bits of bread. After walking all day, the poor brother came across a cave at nightfall and decided to sleep there, covering himself…
The pictographs of Cueva Blanca
…relative numberof camelid figures also is lower in the Cueva Blanca style, while human figures are painted in frontal perspective and there is a significant increase in geometric motifs such…
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…
Settlement pattern
…precordilleranos. Los asentamientos más estables, con muros de piedra, se establecieron en las quebradas aptas para el pastoreo de llamas. Con materiales perecederos construyeron campamentos semipermanentes en los oasis, aprovechando…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…protection. Their belief system can be classified as animist, with all natural phenomena ‘culturalized’ as spirits. The tribe’s cosmic vision was a solemn topic, and therefore conversations on this topic…
The Image of the Shaman
…The carved figure on this tablet—which was used for snuffing hallucinogenic powder—is similar to one that appears in stone sculptures at Tiwanaku, as well as on other tablets…
Ketru–Emblem of the Married Mapuche Woman
…carried on the back of the larger duck. In the Mapuche tradition, the machi (shaman) gives a ketru metawe to a Mapuche woman after she is married, when custom dictates…
Three-beamed raft
…The replicas are painted with red stripes and were left as grave offerings by local fishing cultures in the late pre-Hispanic period. The rafts are made of three logs tied…
Settlement patterns
…It is said that they even carried their canoes short distances over land to avoid unnecessary sea trips. The canoe could hold a nuclear or extended family of up to…
Economy
…that were bent with fire then formed into a boat shape, with two side planks fitted alongside a longer central plank to form a long, narrow canoe. The planks were…
Implements for Inhaling Hallucinogenic Substances
…The nasal inhalation or ‘snuffing’ of hallucinogenic substances was a very common practice among the pre-Hispanic peoples of northern Chile. The substances inhaled were usually made from the…
Music and Dance
…or stop it, songs to ensure a good harvest, to invoke the spirits and ancestors, to guide the dead, and so on. Music also plays an important social role as…
Cueca Al pasar por un jardín y doña Tila Morales
…Luego de cantar a lo divino a la Virgen del Paso del Clarillo, los cantores pircano se alegran cantando y bailando cuecas. Chosto Ulloa toca guitarra y canta, Audilio…
El inka en la memoria
…vestigios de esta ocupación: arquitectura, el camino inka y el recuerdo en la memoria de la gente, leyendas e historias desde el norte grande al centro de Chile. Las palabras…
La pampa del Toco
…La Pampa del Toco está en el norte de Chile, entre Antofagasta e Iquique. Este documental rastrea las huellas de la ocupación humana desde hace cinco mil años hasta…
Quilama, entre el cielo y la mar
…En la caleta de Ventanas, zona central de Chile, vive Luis Galdames (Quilama), pescador tradicional y alférez de los bailes chinos. Este documental nos habla sobre la relación de…
The Spear-thrower
…The spear thrower, also known as the atlatl, replaced the lance as the weapon of choice for hunting and personal defense among pre-Hispanic societies. These instruments were made…