…funerary practices include burial sites encircled with stones, simple burial of bodies in prone position and bodies buried in wooden canoes (called wampo in Mapudungun). The discovery of pipes or…
History
…Heirs to the Archaic hunter-gatherer way of life, the early ceramicists of Choapa began to practice dry farming of crops to supplement their diet. Their pottery has certain stylistic…
History
…that both groups made across the mountains in search of particular resources. About half way through the Middle Archaic Period (6,500 to 2,000 BCE), aridity increased in the region and…
History
…they hunted on the Puna allowed these groups to domesticate these animals, a process that eventually led to a completely new and distinct way of life: pastoralism. Over time, the…
Historia
…more sedentary way of life, including the use of boats to colonize nearby islands. Around the first century of our era a new horticultural way of life began to emerge,…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…According to the German Catholic priest Martin Gusinde, the Yaghan believed in a supreme being called Watawineiwa, the owner of all that exists, the one who gives life and…
History
…skillful management of their environment, enabled this group to practice more extensive farming in the valleys and thereby establish settlements near their fields. Their development was strongly marked by ideological…
History
…and perfected their ancestral way of life. The increasing complexity of the societies of the Atacameña area, which was closely tied to the traffic of goods with llama caravans, strongly…
Patrón de Asentamiento
…of dry stone walls and were situated alongside corrals and growing fields. In some parts of the upper Copiapó valley, the people built compact, tightly grouped villages on hilltops with…
Settlement pattern
…and retaining walls on the valley side. Their residential structures were built with stone foundations, but their walls were of light materials such as cane and mud, and therefore have…
Aymara – El mundo andino
…Rosa Quispe Wanka, artista aymara. Grabado en Pampa del Tamarugal e Iquique – Chile. Programa de la serie LENGUAS INDIGENAS DE CHILE, Producida por la Red de Derechos Educativos…
Social organization
…of external cultural patterns. These factors tend to weaken the cultural autonomy of the Atacameño people, but at the same time they allow traditional ways to be reorganized and restructured….
History
…arrived in 1536, and it was not until twenty years later that the region was pacified through a peace treaty signed at Suipacha. Towards the end of the sixteenth century…
History
…en el noroeste argentino y posibles influencias ideológicas provenientes de las comunidades altiplánicas de Chiripa y Wankarani, en los alrededores del lago Titicaca. No obstante esto, la complejidad que acusa…
Agriculturalists of the Center
…the Llolleo way of life, prompting these people to increasingly focus on corn farming, an economic activity that demanded a much more sedentary way of life. The production of corn…
Hunter-gatherers of the southern zone
…terrestrial hunter-gatherer way of life lasted longer in this part of Chile than in the rest of the country: In the early 20th century the Tehuelche people were still living…
Marine hunter-gatherers of the Semi-arid North
…The semi-arid north was home to the earliest marine hunter-gatherers in Chilean territory, and those groups appeared at virtually the same time as the last hunters of the…
Horticulturalist of the Semi-arid north
…the introduction of these new technologies gave rise to the horticulturalist way of life that characterizes the El Molle culture. This culture was closely linked to developments in San Pedro…
Organización Social
…Up to the 16th century, Mapuche society was organized in a polygamous kinship system that was patrilineal—lineage was passed down through the male line. In the first half of…
History
…Early historians recount that around 1471, the Inka ruler Topa Inka Yupanki sought to expand his rule over Kollasuyu south of the Aconcagua River. Later his son, Wayna Kapac,…
Environment and Location
…cold water from the seas around Antarctica. This current nourishes abundant and varied sea life, and climatically it prevents the formation of rainclouds. All the same, breezes blow moist air…
Environment and Location
…Chiloé Island. In other words, the Mapuche occupied a wide range of environments and landscapes—from the Andean mountains down to the coast, from warmer temperate climatic zones to cold rainy…
Language
…English would use a whole phrase. For instance, the term Aruskipasipxañanakasakipunirakispawa means “let us hope that there will always be dialogue between us”. The Aymara tongue is currently spoken by…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…The Kawésqar cosmovision was based on the people’s belief in a solitary and independent supreme being, Xolás. The creator of everything, including traditions and morals, Xolás was thought to…