Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Cultures > Center > Central Chile’s First Communities

Economía

What little information we have indicates that these groups probably subsisted on a diet of quinoa, which they cultivated. This assumption is based on examination of the only two skeletons found to date for this period. On the coast, like their predecessors these early settlers took advantage of marine resources, complementing their diet by hunting and gathering on land.