…included communities as far away as the Atacama Desert, where similar ceremonial practices were already in use. In fact, these two peoples shared a common ritual language that enabled the…
Historia
…discoid stones suggests cultural relations with other groups that inhabited the Pacific coast of South America at roughly the same time and who inhabited sites such as the Huentelauquén complex…
Marine hunter-gatherers
At almost the same time that the terrestrial hunter-gatherer way of life emerged inland, along Chile’s extensive coastline other groups relied on the coastal environment as their…
Historia
…development was occurring in the valleys and on the coast, the last of the Pitrén groups continued to inhabit the lakes region in the foothills. It is possible that both…
South Central
…for a mass uprising. That year was marked by the battle of the Angostura pukara, and the Spaniards’ commemorated their epic victory with a brutal gesture: Valdivia left the bodies…
The petroglyphs of Kalina
Eight kilometers south of Alero de Taira is the archeological site of Calina Oeste, an open-air campcontaining the remains of several circular stone-walled dwellings. The camp’s former…
Marine fisher-hunter-gatherers of the Arid North
Given their already intimate knowledge of marine resources, the introduction of the fishhook prompted a major turning point in the lives of the marine hunter-gatherers of the…
Taparrabo o porta bebé listado
…Tejido en faz de urdimbre, fibra de camélido. Los taparrabos de la época son rectangulares o levemente trapezoidales, confeccionado de una sola pieza o en dos paños como este…
By pass Temuco: Ta iñ newentumun
…La construcción de carretera de alta velocidad en la ciudad de Temuco (sur de Chile) y sus efectos sobre comunidades mapuches. Un reflejo del dilema modernidad-desarrollo versus el costo…
Economy
The Tehuelche’s main prey was guanaco, and the people prized not only the meat but also the skins, which they used to make clothing, blankets, dwellings and other…
Hunter-gatherers of the central Chile
During the final stage of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, a few herds of huge herbivores still roamed around parts of the Central Valley, especially near bodies of water…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…such material. Alongside the bodies they deposited ceramic jugs and bottles, and in some grave sites circular stones perforated in the center have been found, as well as lip ornaments…
Arte
…The quality of ceramics produced by these groups shows that they were finely skilled in this art. Notable examples include monochromatic pots with neck incisions and molded bottles with…
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…
Economía
…by irrigation canals to complement the wild fruit they gathered from the algarrobo and chañar trees. They traveled frequently from East to West, seeking out products for trade—fish and mollusks…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…