…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…
A tale of two brothers
…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…
Cultural evolution
…The evolution of societies is classified according to Ways of Life, which describe the primary way in which groups organized themselves to survive, including the technologies they used and…
The Creation
…According to the Mapuche cosmovision, in the beginning there was only air, and the master of that air was called Ngen, a powerful spirit who dwelt among other spirits….
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…
Terrestrial hunter-gatherers
…As the climate stabilized into conditions similar to the present-day, around 11,000 years ago, and the megafauna that flourished during the Ice Age became extinct, a foundation was…
History
…The Azapa people were the heirs of the coastal Archaic tradition and retained an economy based on marine resources, but they also introduced a new horticultural way of life…
Llama Caravans in the Desert
…farming communities. The caravans required male cargo llamas, a network of cattle trails and rudimentary way stations with suitable forage, water, firewood, and shelter. These llama trains usually consisted of…
Patrón de Asentamiento
…Given their highly mobile way of life, the hunter gatherers of Central Chile did not establish villages, but for centuries in their seasonal nomadic circuits they used the same…
History
…between the Bío Bío Rover and Reloncaví Sound. When the Spanish came to this region, however, the Mapuche tongue of Mapudungun was in use all the way from the Choapa…
Caicai and Trentren
…witnessed the ingratitude of humans for everything the sea had provided for them. Furious, he hit the water with his tail, causing a great wave to flood the earth. Terrified,…
Settlement pattern
…often were established on the slopes of ravines close to agricultural terraces. The buildings of these peoples were made of mortared stone walls with straw roofs supported by cactus wood…
Settlement patterns
…dwellings were simple and easy to dismantle and transport. They were made of wooden frames covered with layers of waterproofed hides, originally of guanaco skin and later horse skin. One…
History
…While those in Tagua Tagua still practiced a Paleo-Indian way of life that was based on the hunting of large game (megafauna), in the mountains of Central Chile the…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…bestow riches such as pasture land, minerals and water. The people associate these peaks with farming success, fertility, weather and health, as well as personal protection and prosperity, honoring them…
Art
…de cuatro patas, ubicados, por lo general, muy visiblemente en las paredes de las quebradas, en las zonas de confluencia de los ríos, o cercanos a las fuentes de agua….
Economía
…region’s resources in a sustainable way by moving on before any food species became extinct in a given spot. They moved around almost exclusively by water, using canoes made out…
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…
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…
Historia
…After arriving in these regions during the Paleo-Indian period, the inland hunters of Chile’s far southern regions adapted to the steppe environment in ways that allowed their continuing habitation…
Patrón de Asentamiento
…For thousands of years these people made largely opportunistic use of rock shelters and open air sites, living a highly mobile way of life in the steppe regions of…
Settlement pattern
…The Cabuza lived in small villages and hamlets located close to water sources. Their dwellings had a rectangular floor plan and a stone foundation and reed-and-cane walls tied together…
Center
…provinces of ‘Chili,’ which was both the name of one of the area’s central valleys and a reference to the cool climate of that land. The expedition journeyed to the…
History
…them and left short descriptions of their lifestyle and the vessels they used to navigate the coastal waters. The Chonos are thought to have interacted with the Huilliche people of…