…A girl was seated on the edge of a chacuña –a semi-circle of stones where the shepherdesses went to do their weaving. As she watched her flock in the…
The picture-engravings of Taira
One of the most renowned rock art styles is the Taira, which takes its name froma rock shelter in the upper Loa River basin. This style’s beautiful…
The pictographs of Milla
…latter site. The Milla panels contain large-scale red pictographs painted onto rock walls that are highly visible from the valley floor. The combined use of lines and flat painting are…
Aymara
…a crucial role in Carnival, and is heard incessantly for the four days and nights that this celebration lasts. In Cariquima, an Altiplano town near Iquique, the instruments used include…
Settlement patterns
…Prior to the 16th Century, the Mapuches are thought to have lived a dispersed and nomadic existence and their way of life was characterized by gathering and by slash…
Arid North
…Tilopozo, the last watering places before the great Uninhabited Lands of the Atacama. What occurred in this vast territory, which extends from Arica to the Uninhabited Atacama, after the arrival…
Beliefs and Funerary Practices
…anniversary celebrations held in individual communities, which commonly include horsemanship competitions and traditional Criollo dances. Until the 1970s, the Collas of Potrerillos celebrated the feast days of their patron saints…
Settlement Pattern
…of year-round inhabitants. In former times, the Collas maintained seasonal herding settlements at freshwater springs in the highlands of San Juan and Castilla, in the Doña Inés ravine and in…
Settlement Pattern
…of 446,367.4 hectares. Although this vast territory was recognized in 2014, the Chilean State has officially ceded just 3.2% of that territory (14,384.19 hectares) to the Quechua community of Ollagüe….
Darwin. Un viaje al fin del mundo
…Animación que narra un viaje de Darwin. El año 1832 se llevó a cabo una de las expediciones más importantes de la historia: el viaje del naturalista inglés Charles…
History
…It is not clear how the first maritime hunters or canoeist groups arrived in these lands in the extreme South of Chile. One theory suggests that the area was…
Males and Females on Diaguita Ceramic Vessels
…bowls. It appears that the generic feline shape applied regularly to serving bowls was considered male by default. Female felines, on the other hand, were rarely depicted, and then only…
History
…nobility and priest-elders, warriors and stone and wood craftsmen. He also brought the household items, plants and animals needed to sustain the settlers. Rapa Nui’s prehistory, history and present day…
The story of the wild goose couple
…at last, they lay down and coupled. They remained this way for so long that they were finally transformed into birds. The next day, the two left the lonely island…
Pre-hispanic music of Chile
…to the forefront, with its intricate sound based on different lengths of cane. In Pica and the Atacama, in contrast, a complex ritual was developed around the raspy, intense, atonal…
Settlement Pattern
…Tránsito River Valley are spread over almost 100 kilometers and include, from West to East, Juntas, Ramadillas, La Marquesa, El Olivo, Chihuinto, Las Pircas, Alto Naranjo, Los Perales, Las Pircas,…
The story of chimango
…to offer her his love, but she spurned him. Yo’okalía returned time and time again to her hut, and eventually she was persuaded and promised to become his wife. Yo’okalía…
Pa`que coman las almas. La muerte en el alto Loa
…Disco complementario al libro “Pa`que coman las almas. La muerte en el alto Loa”. Contiene los cantos relacionados a los ritos de muerte en los pueblos atacameños de Ayquina…