In the highlands of the Arid North, in places such as the Tulan ravine and the Atacama salt flat, the pronged contact that human groups had with…
Agricultural-pastoralists related toTiwanaku State
Around 600 A.D., the highlands and northernmost valleys of the Arid North would capture the economic interest of Tiwanaku, one of the first states to develop in…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…more complex ideology. The use of hallucinogenic powders inhaled through the nose (using tablets and tubes) appears to have become more prevalent as a ritual practice at this time, and…
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…
Economy
…In ancient times, the people of Rapa Nui subsisted by growing several varieties of plantain, squash, tubers and sugar cane, and complemented their diet with fishing, hunting and gatheringfood…
Settlement pattern
As seafaring nomads, the Chonos moved around from island to island without having a home base. They spent most of their lives on board their dalcas, moving the…
Art
…of five hundred years, they erected close to three hundred altars, called ahus, and carved more than six hundred stone moaistatues. These monumental pieces expressed the competition for power among…
Social organization
…family; but the women of the tribe governed their own activities and enjoyed equal rights. With no hierarchies, the community had no leader or chief; rather, the entire tribe was…
Economy
…The three distinct environments in which the groups of the Arica culture settled—mountain, valley and coast—allowed them access to complementary resources from different ecological strata. Surplus goods were moved…
Economy
The Colla’s traditional economy is based on herding and, to a lesser degree, agriculture. In former times, the Collas had a more diversified economy that included firewood extraction…
Beliefs and funeral rites
Early Tiwanaku religious practices display influences from the Amazon basin, especially in its emphasis on shamanism associated with the consumption of hallucinogens. Later, official State rituals gradually led…
Germán Tejerina. Música de los Pueblos Atacameños.
…Don Germán Tejerina (nacido en 1937 en Séquitor) canta y cuenta la memoria de San Pedro de Atacama del último siglo. Coplas, cuecas, torito, historias. Presentación Ayayai Comentario. el…
Beliefs and Funerary Practices
…valleys that is a guardian spirit of animals and appears as a large guanaco that lives in the mountains. The practices and oral tradition of the Diaguita community of Chalinga,…
Language
…and agglutinative; its nouns can be verbalized and subjectivized to form complex words that can be equivalent to a whole phrase in English. Kawésqar vocabulary is rich with terms for…
Yámana
…Listen Song Chiehaus Úrsula Calderón. Ukika, Punta Arenas. 1994. Grabación: José Pérez de Arce. Archivo MCHAP. Listen Cuento del Pájaro Úrsula Calderón. Ukika, Punta Arenas. 1994. Grabación: José…
Art
…de piedra con figuras de llamas con formas humanas. El estilo de arte rupestre de este período, conocida como Taira-Tulán, se caracteriza por grabados de grandes representaciones de camélidos naturalistas…
History
…herders of northern Chile, with whom they traded. Later still, these coastal groups may have come under the domination of the Inka empire. Due to the extensive genetic and cultural…
Polynesian horticultural-fisher-gatherers
…Rapa Nui people became a society capable of carrying out large-scale, technically complex collective works. Their legacy includes huge ceremonial platforms, called ahus, upon which they erected great stone sculptures,…
Economy
…Quechua community economies vary by geographic zone. The Quechuas of Ollagüe and San Pedro primarily raise livestock and practice limited agriculture, as well as sometimes gathering wild plants and…
Agriculturalists of the Center
…also required communal activities such as irrigation works and greater control over the territory. Over time, these changes led to the emergence of a new cultural tradition, the Aconcagua, though…
Polynesian horticultural-fisher-gatherers
…Nui people became a society capable of carrying out large-scale, technically complex collective works. Their legacy includes huge ceremonial platforms, called ahus, upon which they erected great stone sculptures, moais,…
Entonación del Zurdo
…nombrada por don Chosto como La del Tarifeño. Toca Santos Rubio. casa de don Chosto, El Principal de Pirque, 2007. Este video forma parte de los fragmentos de archivos del…