Los pueblos nativos del área andina desarrollaron su propia astronomía, y en el mapa que ellos han hecho del cielo nocturno reconocen a Yakana, la constelación de la…
History
…region’s mineral wealth to produce first saltpeter (nitrate) and later copper. This produced large scale immigration, the proletarianization of the indigenous peoples of the area, and the usurpation of water…
The geoglyph of Cerro Sagrado
…some small llama corrals and large underground storehouses, a cemetery, farm fields and two freshwater springs that provided water for crop irrigation and consumption by the village’s 200 inhabitants. The…
Social Organization Depicted on a Gourd
Las sociedades indígenas del norte de Chile estaban internamente organizadas según principios de dualidad y jerarquía. Había también alianzas entre los diversos grupos étnicos. Es probable que…
The petroglyphs of Tamentica
…The site of Tamentica is located in a deep, narrow section of the middle Guatacondo Ravine and consists of around fifty stone blocks concentrated in an area of…
South Central
…basis of heredity and prestige. The indigenous settlements of this large territory were grouped into different areas—Angostura-Cachapoal River, Cachapoal River-Angostura de Malloa, the coastal Rapel-Topocalma area, Angostura de Malloa-Tinguiririca River…
Center
…and even southern Chile, and the different indigenous groups that lived here had well-established social, political and economic networks. The area also was home to indigenous hunter-gatherer groups that lived…
Aymara
…Nasca, Parakas, Tiwanaku, San Pedro de Atacama and Arica cultures, among others. Descriptions left by the Spaniards who arrived in the Andean area 500 years ago, tell us that music…
Art Up Close and Personal
…1 cm in area, indicating clearly that they were designed to be seen from very close range, such as when an individual was leaning down to snuff hallucinogenic powder….
The devils`tale
…that they could attend. One Sunday morning, three young men from the area were walking toward the town when they came around a bend in the road and encountered two…
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…
Historia
…is little doubt that the later Pitrén groups maintained relations with the El Vergel culture and other proto-Mapuche peoples in the area that ultimately replaced them in occupying the region….
Yakana, the constellation of the Llama (Animation, spanish)
Native peoples of the Andean region developed their own astronomy, and on the night sky map they have done, they recognize the Yakana, the constellation of the Llama….
Environment and Location
…land from the Pacific coast all the way to the Andean foothills. Between the forest and the eternal snows of the high Andes are forests of Araucaria trees, a coniferous…
The story of the Shepherdess
…and grandchild dead, transformed into condors. Note: This story is known throughout the Salado area. Narrativa tradicional atacameña Hábitat. Cultura. Corpus. (Traditional Atacameña Narratives Habitat. Culture. Corpus.) Domingo Gómez Parra…
Social Organization
…also participate in the Alto Loa Indigenous Development Area. Additionally, there is the Junta de Vecinos (Neighborhood Association) of Ollagüe, which is a municipal entity. The Quechua communities of Tarapacá—including…
History
…has determined that the area was first occupied around 8000 B.C. by hunting-gathering groups that made use of the ravines and salt flats. In the later pre-Hispanic period, between 900…
Economy
…especially in zones with a certain heritage value such as the abundant ancient rock art sites in the area. Diaguita-themed functional and ornamental ceramics are also produced and sold….
Settlement Pattern
…present settlement patterns, the Quechua communities of Ollagüe and San Pedro Estación have obtained official recognition of their traditional grazing grounds recognized under Indigenous Law Nº 19.253, a total area…
Environment and Location
…civilization achieved dominion over a vast territory that included what is now Northern Chile, from the Azapa Valley in the Arica area to the Atacama Slat Flat. Geographically the empire…
Location and Environment
…climate there is desertic, but groundwater is available. Microclimates with moderate to high temperatures form in these zones, protecting the area from frost and making it suitable for agricultural crops,…
Economy
…of water, and the population soon left the area. In Tarapacá oases and ravines such as Mamiña, Quipisca and Miñe Miñe, agriculture is more diversified, and includes corn, oregano and…
Horticultural-pastoralists of the arid north
…fauna species, and the intimate knowledge they developed as a result, led to a process that would become a hallmark of groups living in this area—domestication of wild animals. The…