…The Chinchorro culture offers the earliest complex expression of a cult of the dead and ancestor worship on the arid South American coast. This is seen through the complicated…
Arte
These people were the first to produce ceramics in the region. They crafted thin-walled vessels in simple forms, with dark surfaces that were sometimes polished. Some pieces featured…
Economy
…and fish and shellfish, which were usually gathered. Shellfish, both raw and cooked, were a staple food and were collected by the women of the tribe, who often dove in…
History
The San Pedro culture emerged from the first agro-ceramic groups that inhabited the oasis of the same name. These groups established villages such as Túlor around 400 BC….
Language
The native tongue of the Atacameño people is kunza, though this language has been extinct for at least a century. Only a few traces of it remain, mainly…
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…
Aymara
…and musical instruments were present throughout the ritual cycle and in everyday life as well. Today, music continues to play a leading role in Aymara societies and permeates both the…
Economía
…groups seem to have moved around locally according to seasonal cycles, with some longer journeys linking them with the coastal and trans-Andean regions. The other groups lived in communities that…
Environment and Location
…large volume of water, with flooding in winter from the rains and in summer from meltwater. The climate in the north is marginal desert with scant precipitation, which increases to…
Chile, 15,000 Years Temporal Exhibition
…includes more than 670 pieces from the collections of the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. At Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, from July 4th to October 18, 2012. General Information…
Art
…Textile crafts (weaving and knitting) are one of the few artistic activities practiced by Colla women in Río Jorquera and Potrerillos. The women share their skills in community workshops…
El inka en la memoria
…Este video formó parte de la exposición “Chile bajo el imperio de los inkas”, montada por el Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino el año 2010. Un recorrido por los…
Culto y Funebria
…The Selk’nam had a complex ideology that was expressed through myths, legends, rites and intricate social ceremonies. They had a monotheistic religion that recognized a divine spirit, Temaukel, as…
Settlement Pattern
…Tapia. These seasonal shelters, called majadas, are found in both winter and summer grazing grounds and are constructed of a variety of materials including mud, stone and tin, and covered…
Marine hunter-gatherers of the southern zone
…tide then remained trapped when the tide went out. This technology was still being widely used in colonial times among communities on the island of Chiloé. West of the steppe…
Economy
…and could hold three to seven people. Later contact with other ethnic groups resulted in additional canoe designs: the three-plank canoe or dalca, commonly used by the Chono people, and…
Environment and Location
The political center of Tiwanaku was in the city of the same name, located on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca in the humid Bolivian Altiplano. This great…
Culto y Funebria
…Little evidence remains to shed light on how these peoples buried their dead. They certainly practiced both individual and group burials, leaving different grave goods for men, women, and…
Cenuke
…explode in a rage. He lashed out swearing at Kwányip and took off for the heavens, where he remains to this day. Cenuke is the star that comes out only…
Kospi
…droplets and the land was blanketed with flowers, each petal holding a tiny part of the beautiful Kospi. Mitos de Chile. Diccionario de seres, magias y encantos. Sonia Montesinos Aguirre….
The pictographs of Tambillo
…some 20 kilometers from Pica. They were produced using the flat-paint technique, very often combining two or more colors and, in some cases, with the figures outlined in another color….
The geoglyph of Cerro Sagrado
Cerro Sagrado (Sacred Mount) is located in the Azapa Valley, eight kilometers from the Pacific coast. The mountain slope that faces the valley holds a geoglyph outlined…