…it in the traditional way on their “backyard looms”, producing blankets, ponchos, capes and bags of different sizes. They also manufacture a variety of cordage and braided items for horse…
Settlement Pattern
…with their animals. In the latter they maintain small shelters called majadas built with locally available materials, and consisting of dry stone walls and log-and-branch roofs covered with plastic. The…
Plain weave
…Plain weave is a simpler and more widely-used technique for making cloth. It involves alternately lifting the odd and even warp threads for each successive weft shot to create…
Música Mapuche
…Armando Marileo – Trompe Domingo Carilao – Trompe Galvarino Queupumil- Trompe Domingo Carilao – Kaskawilla Armando Marileo – Kaskawilla Weicahue – Kaskawillas Llol llol Wada Cada cada Descargar carátula…
Kawaskar y yámana
…Pta Arenas – Hace tuto Margarita Molinari. Pta Arenas – Arjache towayawa Alberto Achacaz. Pta Arenas – Cuento kawashkar María Luisa Renchi. Pta Arenas – Canción del huemul María Luisa…
Horticulturalists of the southern zone
…groups comes fromcemeteries, including one discovered during the construction of a highway bypass in the city of Temuco. According to this evidence, around 1100 A.D. the Pitrén gave way to…
Horticulturalists of the central zone
…grown by early horticulturalist groups on the other side of the Andes. But it was not until around 300 B.C. that the first crops, primarily quinoa and squash, were first…
Environment and Location
…large volume of water, with flooding in winter from the rains and in summer from meltwater. The climate in the north is marginal desert with scant precipitation, which increases to…
From the Crucible to the Mold
…In ancient times, the crucible was the recipient in which ore was melted in the smelting oven. Crucibles were usually made with refractory ceramics to ensure they could…
The pictographs of El Médano
…Around 75 km north of Taltal, the El Médano ravine is home to one of the most remarkable rock art deposits in the South American Pacific watershed. The…
The pictographs of Cueva Blanca
…Around 400 B.C., in the Upper Salado River basin, a style of rock painting emerged that had never been seen before in the region. This style was radically…
The pictographs of Confluencia
…wide hips, narrow waists and outlined extremities. Animal and humans are always represented in profile and the former are twice as numerous as the latter. Humans are depicted unclothed or…
Warrior Headgear
…served as heraldic crests or marks of rank. The striking feather crest may have been intended to increase the warrior’s stature and to intimidate opponents. Sources: J. Palma, 1993, “Análisis…
Three-beamed raft
…together with rope to form a deck, and are accompanied by double bladed paddles. A 16th Century drawing shows two of these small watercraft manned by a crew sitting astride…
Horticultural-pastoralists of the arid north
…first animals to be domesticated were guanacos and vicuñas, followed by llamas and alpacas, giving rise to a way of life in which herding these animals was a central feature….
Hunter-gatherers of the Semi-arid North
…and ceramic making around the beginning of our own era, leading to a profound transformation in their way of life that ultimately led to the emergence of a new semi-sedentary…
Hunter-gatherers of the southern zone
…eastern side of the Andes. With the introduction of horticulture and ceramic making around 600 A.D., their way of life became a more sedentary one centered on growing food….
Fishermen’s Headdress
…One of the identifying features of pre-Hispanic coastal communities of Northern Chile was the simple diadem, a headdress made with pelican feathers. This kind of headdress has been…
Rapa Nui
…traditions, war and death. The riu were very important songs that were performed with deep feeling, almost like free-form laments. These included funerary songs, songs to bring rain, ‘royal’ songs…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…dead in some way. Collective graves, probably family groups, were common in the early part of this period. Grave goods were uncommon however, except for some notable exceptions such as…
Art
…trapezoidal unkus, wide tunics that were fastened at the waist with a braided sash. Semicircular hats and bags (chuspas) were also typical products of the Arica people. The wooden or…
Settlement pattern
…materials readily available. In the mountains, many of these villages resembled fortresses or pukaras, with defensive walls and high ground locations to control agricultural lands, caravan routes and exterior threats….
Environment and geography
…The Alto Ramírez people settled on the desert coast and subtropical valleys of Chile’s Norte Grande, in places where year-round water sources allowed crops to be grown. Most of…