…They often buried their dead in small groups, probably based on kinship. Typically, they buried their dead inside large ceramic urns accompanied by metawe jugs. Most grave goods that…
Economy
…These groups had a very mobile way of life, with an economy based on hunting and gathering of wild plants. They supplemented their diet by dry farming (without irrigation),…
Social organization
…The Choapa people were a mobile society that lived in low-density regions, probably in extended family groups that were egalitarian in organization with a division of labor based on…
Economy
…The economy of the Azapa cultural communities was based on fishing, hunting of marine mammals and gathering of mollusks and terrestrial plants. Their diet also included agricultural produce such…
Economy
…economy based on mining and the caravan trade, as this was a hub for the exchange of raw materials and manufactured goods among peoples of distant regions, including the Altiplano….
Social organization
…These societies were organized into “señoríos,” generally based on kinship relations and without social classes as such, but in which certain individuals had higher status and prestige due to…
Patrón de Asentamiento
…The groups probably formed networks of settlements along the coast based on the family as the basic productive unit but gathering in larger groups at specific times of the year….
Economy
…The economy of the Cabuza communities was agriculture-based, and they adopted several new farming tools and more complex irrigation techniques to grow maize, several kinds of squash, beans, quinoa,…
Economía
…The Bato had a diversified economy based on their very mobile way of life. On the seashore they exploited marine resources and the plant and animal life around estuaries,…
Economy
…These coastal hunter-gatherer-fishers had a subsistence economy based on hunting, fishing and gathering of marine resources such as mollusks, fish, marine mammals and sea birds. They complemented their diet…
Economía
…These highly mobile groups had a meat-based diet. Their prey included guanaco, huemul, fox, birds and rodents, which they hunted with stone-pointed darts. As their hunting techniques evolved, their…
Economy
…The hunter-gatherer way of life is characterized by an economy based on hunting, fishing and gathering resources for food and other uses. These groups hunted a variety of species,…
Economía
…and gathered certain plant materials. Their economy was notably land-based, and no evidence has been found to suggest that they used any marine resources. They lived in highly mobile groups…
History
…early period gave way to subsequent stages marked by key events—the establishment of trade routes to and from the Tiwanaku Empire, and incorporation into the Inka Empire. The caravan trade…
Environment and Location
…herds of large land animals, now extinct, around these more verdant areas. Among these animals were the so-called megafauna, including mastodon, New World horses, swamp deer, early llama and Milodon….
Arte
…Pitrén pottery is the oldest in the region and tends to share some stylistic features with other early ceramic traditions of the Southern Cone of America, such as the…
Economy
…These early hunters took advantage of the large megafauna that congregated around the newly formed lagoons and ravines, encircling them then bringing them down by stoning them. One kill…
History
…inhabit the region, ushering in a lengthy cultural process that has continued to this day. After the extinction of the megafauna, the cornerstone of their early economy, these groups became…
Environment and Location
…The Province of Choapa is located in the semi-arid north of Chile. The Early Ceramicists of this region occupied the valleys and ravines near the Illapel and Chalinga rivers,…
Social organization
…Early hierarchical structuring among the San Pedro people has been deduced from the presence of different assemblages of grave goods, which suggests that some individuals enjoyed a more privileged…
Social organization
…Very little is known about this aspect of early hunter culture, but it is likely that these groups lived in small family bands, a unit that was suited to…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…To date, insufficient evidence has been recovered to allow us to refer to this aspect of early hunter culture….
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 to…
Art
…Notable examples of artistic expression attributed to the hunter-gatherers of the early Archaic period are pieces of polished sandstone with geometric forms, known as discoidal or geometric stones. The…