Valentina Figueroa
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 132105 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Valentina Figueroa |
| PRENOMES | Valentina |
| SOBRENOME | Figueroa |
| ASSINATURA | FIGUEROA V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universidad Católica del Norte |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7485-7013 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 126 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Integrating Remote Sensing and Indigenous Knowledge
This article presents the Zapar project, a community-commanded initiative developed in collaboration with the Atacameño Community of Toconao (northern Chile), which repositions remote sensing (RS) technologies through Indigenous governance and ethical frameworks. By embedding the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance—Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics—into every stage of the workflow, the project transfo…
“Lo que el Viento no se Llevó”
La vertiente occidental de la Circumpuna de Atacama presenta importantes yacimientos de cobre y concentra la mayor cantidad de evidencias mineras prehispánicas de los Andes del Sur. No obstante, no ocurre lo mismo con las evidencias metalúrgicas, siendo estas poco conocidas. Las prácticas metalúrgicas de las comunidades pastoras-caravaneras y mineras de tierras altas de la región (2400-4500 m snm) tuvieron lugar durante los períodos Intermedio Ta…
Cartografía mineral prehispánica en distritos mineros del Desierto de Atacama
Se presenta una síntesis de información geoarqueológica compilada por diferentes autores para los distritos mineros del Desierto de Atacama, entre ~20°0’00’’S y ~24°0’00’’S, incluyendo los distritos mineros de Collahuasi, El Abra, Chuquicamata, Cerro Verde y San Bartolo. Algunos de estos distritos presentan evidencia directa de explotación prehispánica o bien se encuentran próximos a sitios arqueológicos relevantes para la problemática minero-met…
Exploring Copper
K-beauty and the Korean Cosmetics Industry in the Negotiation of Masculinities in Chile
This study investigates the impact of men’s beauty practices on the perception of masculinity in Chile. In particular, whether the growing interest in K-beauty and the Korean cosmetics industry strains the macho model of hegemonic masculinity. For this purpose, we first conducted participant observation in stores that sell Korean cosmetics in Santiago and then collected information from various actors involved in the Korean cosmetics industry in…
Territories of Care
Based on three case studies of living forms coexisting in the Atacama Desert, we use a perspective of feminist care to analyze how humans and non-humans (cells) live, adapt or transform in the face of the effects of extractivism in northern Chile. Firstly, we analyze gender roles within the context of extractive mining in the Antofagasta region, including the role of madresposas (mother-wives) in the state mineral deposits of Chuquicamata and the…
Ritualidad agrícola durante los períodos prehispánicos tardíos en Socaire, Salar de Atacama
En este artículo se presentan los resultados de una investigación sobre la agricultura prehispánica en Socaire durante los períodos prehispánicos tardíos, con énfasis en la identificación de prácticas rituales en el sector de quebrada de Nacimiento. Se exploran las evidencias de infraestructura agrícola y de prácticas rituales desde un enfoque metodológico que incluye el uso de análisis geoespaciales, observaciones arqueológicas de terreno y uso …
Wind Furnaces of the Atacama Salt Flat, Northern Chile
An archaeological investigation at the western margin of the Cordillera de la Sal Formation in Catarpe (San Pedro de Atacama, northern Chile), revealed a series of pyrometallurgical furnaces from the Late period (AD 1400-1536). The furnaces, found at the Catarpe Túnel archaeological site, were used to reduce atacamite, clinoatacamite, brochantite, chrysocolla, and azurite to obtain unalloyed copper prills. Exceptional for the Atacama oasis and sa…
Cenizas del Antropoceno
Este artículo ofrece una crítica transdiciplinaria a la abstracción capitalista de la "carbono-neutralidad" a partir de un análisis situado de la producción de energía para la gran minería de cobre y, recientemente, también de litio en la ciudad de Tocopilla (norte de Chile). Al examinar las transformaciones sociales y materiales gatilladas por la producción de energía para la gran minería durante el siglo XX, este trabajo problematiza dicha neut…
La Memoria del Fuego. Antracología, Pirotecnología y Metalurgia Prehispánica del Período Tardío en San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A partir de las excavaciones en dos hornos metalúrgicos del sitio Catarpe Túnel (San Pedro de Atacama) en operación durante el Período Tardío (1400-1536 DC), y orientados a la producción de cobre metálico, se discute el rol del combustible leñoso en el desarrollo de esta tecnología en el contexto hiperárido del desierto de Atacama. Nuestro estudio se enfoca en el análisis de material antracológico y carpológico, en conjunto con el análisis de las…
Life in the Atacama Desert 10.000 years ago, as told by a tiny black obsidian tool
A fresh obsidian edge can be extremely sharp, as little as one molecule thick. Andean societies were quite familiar with the high quality of this volcanic glass, using it not only in weapons for warfare and hunting but also in surgical and trepanning instruments. Furthermore, its beauty and unusual brightness encouraged the manufacture of ornaments and prestige goods – often exchanged through caravan traffic. Among the archaeological remains of t…
Ingredientes rituales en las ceremonias andinas propiciatorias del desierto de Atacama
This research explores the role of minerals in propitiation and fertility rites in the Andes. An ontological perspective is employed, using an ethnohistorical account and ethnographic sources, to open the way to discussion and contextualization of the archaeological evidence of copper found in the Atacama Desert. Focusing on its affective and propitiatory potential for the germination of life, we look at the presence of copper elements in various…
Technology, life histories and circulation of gold objects during the Middle Period (AD 400-1000)
Studies of archaeological goldwork in the Americas are increasingly revealing a rich variety of context-specific ways in which gold items were produced and valued, but research attention has largely focused on visually striking artefacts. However, in the south-central Andes, goldwork is described essentially as a 'sheet technology'-a definition that tends to downplay the potential complexity and cultural significance of this technology in such an…
Estudio arqueomineralógico de las menas de cobre prehispánicas en Collahuasi, norte de Chile
Northern Chile is known for its large-scale contemporary copper exploitation. Archaeological evidence indicates that such exploitation is not only a modern occurrence but has been ongoing since at least the Late Archaic Period. In order to identify the raw mineral materials used in pre-Hispanic mining and metallurgical production processes we performed an automated mineralogy analysis (QEMSCAN). The samples are from the Collahuasi mining-metallur…
Fe De Errata
K’oa , Entidad Andina De Una Planta Y Otros Cuerpos. Una Posibilidad Interpretativa Para Ofrendas Funerarias en La Arqueología De Arica
Se presenta una reflexin que busca otorgar una posibilidad interpretativa a un conjunto de amuletos confeccionados en tallos de k'oa (Diplostephium cinereum Cuatrec.) encontrados como ofrendas funerarias en los cementerios prehispnicos de Arica. Los analizamos desde una perspectiva transdisciplinaria con nfasis en la etnografa aymara y una mirada ontolgica tras su terminologa y uso cultural. Esta bsqueda ha permitido constatar que el trmino k'oa …
Producción Metalúrgica Local Y Coexistencia De Tecnologías Metalúrgicas en San Pedro De Atacama Durante El Período Medio (400-1000 Dc)
Durante el perodo Medio (400-1000 DC) los metales registran un significativo aumento en los cementerios de San Pedro de Atacama, hecho a partir del cual se ha sealado la centralidad de stos en la estructuracin de las relaciones con Tiwanaku. Este trabajo presenta el corpus de metales que circularon en el espacio atacameo durante este perodo, a travs de su identificacin tipolgica, del reconocimiento de las aleaciones en que fueron manufacturados y…
A Major Prehispanic Copper Production Center Identified at Collahuasi, Southern Tarapacá Altiplano (Chile)
This work presents the results of a study of mining-metallurgical production in late pre-Hispanic times in the Collahuasi Mining District (Northern Chile), specifically examining the technology employed and changes in the scale of production. We focus on recent results obtained in a study of 50 pyrometallurgical furnaces identi ed at the Ujina 8 and Ujina 10 archaeological sites and their relation to Collahuasi 37, the metallurgical camp located …
Obsidianas, Turquesas Y Metales en El Sur De Chile
Chungara Revista de Antropologa Chilena Los anlisis composicionales realizados a piezas de obsidiana, cuentas de turquesa y artefactos metlicos de isla Mocha, permiten plantear un escenario de gran movilidad de bienes para los ltimos 1.000 aos en el sur de Chile. Dichos anlisis permiten plantear hiptesis respecto a vnculos con zonas como la cordillera de la costa en la Araucana (35 km), Neuqun central en Argentina (390 km) y el Altiplano bolivian…
Transformación Y Resignificación De La Parafernalia Alucinógena Prehispánica en Atacama a La Luz De Un Documento Del Siglo Xvii
A document dated to 1674 referred to a campaign of extirpation of idols held in Atacama (Lasana, Caspana and Ayquina) appears to account for the colonial survival of certain instruments of prehispanic religious worship, specifically snuff trays for inhaling hallucinogens that were used in shamanic rituals. The description given in the document on such objects is clear enough to establish correlates -at least in one case, a paraphernalia style fro…
Informe sobre los restos de dalca del Museo Etnográfico de Achao, Chiloé
This report presents the record and analisys of two pieces of dalca exhibited in the Ethnographic Museum of Achao, Chilo Island, and its results. This study is a preliminar aproach to these pieces, which in the future should be continued in deeper details with more time and resources
Middle Holocene Production of Mussel Shell Fishing Artifacts on the Coast of Taltal (25° Lat South), Atacama Desert, Chile
Shell fishhooks have been found in several sites along the Pacific Coast of the Americas, but little is known about prehistoric workshops of these tools and the socio-economic context of their production and distribution. The present study provides new data about the production of mussel (Choromytilus chorus) shell fishing tools (MSFT) at Morro Colorado and Zapatero, two Middle Holocene sites on the coast of Taltal, northern Chile. The MSFT assem…
Radiocarbon Dating of Atacama (Chile) Snuff Trays
The Atacama region of Chile has the highest concentration of hallucinogenic paraphernalia from prehistoric cemeteries on the planet. These artifacts have been studied since the late 19th century, primarily from the perspective of stylistic classification, which has been used to infer their temporal assignation. However, direct chronological dating of the snuff trays has not been addressed until now, through an interdisciplinary study conducted in…
Metal Use and Production among Coastal Societies of the Atacama Desert
In this paper, we focus on the study of metal objects associated with populations living on the northern coast of Chile in the Late Intermediate and Late periods (c. ad 1000–1550). Our contribution is based on morphometric and physico-chemical (ICP–AES, PIXE and metallographic sections) analyses of the quintessential coastal metal object: the fish-hook. This study is part of a broader investigation that seeks to understand the organization of min…
Copper Earrings in La Araucanía
We report on the archaeometallurgical analysis of eight pieces of copper recovered from the Villa JMC-1 cemetery (Pitren Complex, Early Ceramic period) in the locality of Labranza, La Araucania. These artifacts provide the earliest evidence of metal use in southern Chile. They are also the southernmost prehispanic metal artifacts ever found in South America. These contextualized results complement those obtained from the analysis of an earring fr…
Early Evidence (ca. 12,000 BP) for Iron Oxide Mining on the Pacific Coast of South America
Iron oxides have been used extensively in the Americas from the Paleoindian period up to the ethnographic present. But, because archaeological mining sites are extremely rare in this continent, we still know very little about how indigenous groups exploited and processed these minerals. Here we report finds from the San Ramon 15 site, located on the arid coast of northern Chile, where our research revealed a prehistoric mine with associated taili…
Pre-Hispanic Mining Ergology of Northern Chile
Mines, spoils, retention walls and pads are the most common material remains of pre-Hispanic mining activity studied by archaeologists.In this paper we will focus on yet another category, the mining ergology, defined as the material artefacts associated with day to day mining activities.Mining ergology seeks to document the technological equipment of the pre-Hispanic miner, which is seldom found in archaeological contexts due to poor preservation…
Cronología Y Organización Económica De Las Poblaciones Arcaicas De La Costa De Taltal
El presente trabajo constituye una reevaluacin de la secuencia cronolgico-cultural del perodo Arcaico en Taltal, en un intento por documentar las continuidades y transformaciones en la organizacin econmica de las poblaciones locales que habitaron este territorio, a partir de nuevos datos generados durante los ltimos aos en conjunto con otros estudios realizados en la zona anteriormente. Esta investigacin ha estado principalmente orientada al regi…
Copper Earrings in La Araucanía
We report on the archaeometallurgical analysis of eight pieces of copper recovered from the Villa JMC-1 cemetery (Pitren Complex, Early Ceramic period) in the locality of Labranza, La Araucania. These artifacts provide the earliest evidence of metal use in southern Chile. They are also the southernmost prehispanic metal artifacts ever found in South America. These contextualized results complement those obtained from the analysis of an earring fr…
Minería Y Metalurgia en La Costa Arreica De La Región De Antofagasta, Norte De Chile
La explotacin minera en la Regin de Antofagasta debi iniciarse a lo menos durante el Perodo Arcaico Temprano (ca. 10.500-9000 AP). En este perodo se ha documentado la presencia de pigmentos de color rojo, seguramente xidos de hierro
Metal Use and Production among Coastal Societies of the Atacama Desert
In this paper, we focus on the study of metal objects associated with populations living on the northern coast of Chile in the Late Intermediate and Late periods (c. ad 1000–1550). Our contribution is based on morphometric and physico-chemical (ICP–AES, PIXE and metallographic sections) analyses of the quintessential coastal metal object: the fish-hook. This study is part of a broader investigation that seeks to understand the organization of min…
Metalurgia en San Pedro de Atacama Durante el Período Medio
Dentro del escenario sociopolítico de los Andes del Sur, parecen existir a lo menos dos tradiciones metalúrgicas que coexisten durante el Período Medio. La primera propiamente altiplánica, centrada en torno al estado de Tiwanaku y la segunda en el noroeste argentino, caracterizada por la metalurgia Aguada. Paralelamente, desde el Período Medio se observa un notable aumento de la presencia de objetos metálicos en San Pedro de Atacama, los cuales a…
Middle Holocene Production of Mussel Shell Fishing Artifacts on the Coast of Taltal (25° Lat South), Atacama Desert, Chile
Shell fishhooks have been found in several sites along the Pacific Coast of the Americas, but little is known about prehistoric workshops of these tools and the socio-economic context of their production and distribution. The present study provides new data about the production of mussel (Choromytilus chorus) shell fishing tools (MSFT) at Morro Colorado and Zapatero, two Middle Holocene sites on the coast of Taltal, northern Chile. The MSFT assem…
Radiocarbon Dating of Atacama (Chile) Snuff Trays
The Atacama region of Chile has the highest concentration of hallucinogenic paraphernalia from prehistoric cemeteries on the planet. These artifacts have been studied since the late 19th century, primarily from the perspective of stylistic classification, which has been used to infer their temporal assignation. However, direct chronological dating of the snuff trays has not been addressed until now, through an interdisciplinary study conducted in…
Pigmentos Y Pinturas De Mineral De Cobre en La Región De Tarapacá, Norte De Chile
La explotacin de los recursos minerales de cobre en el norte de Chile implic la produccin de pigmentos azules y verdes identificados, hasta ahora, en pintura rupestre, en ndulos y en estado de polvo al interior de contenedores de cuero provenientes de distintos cementerios de la cuenca del ro Loa, regin de Antofagasta, desierto de Atacama. En este artculo, se presentan los primeros resultados de anlisis fsico-qumicos de pintura verde aplicada sob…
Technology, life histories and circulation of gold objects during the Middle Period (AD 400-1000)
Studies of archaeological goldwork in the Americas are increasingly revealing a rich variety of context-specific ways in which gold items were produced and valued, but research attention has largely focused on visually striking artefacts. However, in the south-central Andes, goldwork is described essentially as a 'sheet technology'-a definition that tends to downplay the potential complexity and cultural significance of this technology in such an…
Ingredientes rituales en las ceremonias andinas propiciatorias del desierto de Atacama
This research explores the role of minerals in propitiation and fertility rites in the Andes. An ontological perspective is employed, using an ethnohistorical account and ethnographic sources, to open the way to discussion and contextualization of the archaeological evidence of copper found in the Atacama Desert. Focusing on its affective and propitiatory potential for the germination of life, we look at the presence of copper elements in various…
Estudio arqueomineralógico de las menas de cobre prehispánicas en Collahuasi, norte de Chile
Northern Chile is known for its large-scale contemporary copper exploitation. Archaeological evidence indicates that such exploitation is not only a modern occurrence but has been ongoing since at least the Late Archaic Period. In order to identify the raw mineral materials used in pre-Hispanic mining and metallurgical production processes we performed an automated mineralogy analysis (QEMSCAN). The samples are from the Collahuasi mining-metallur…
Obsidianas, Turquesas Y Metales en El Sur De Chile
Chungara Revista de Antropologa Chilena Los anlisis composicionales realizados a piezas de obsidiana, cuentas de turquesa y artefactos metlicos de isla Mocha, permiten plantear un escenario de gran movilidad de bienes para los ltimos 1.000 aos en el sur de Chile. Dichos anlisis permiten plantear hiptesis respecto a vnculos con zonas como la cordillera de la costa en la Araucana (35 km), Neuqun central en Argentina (390 km) y el Altiplano bolivian…
Metalurgia prehispánica en las sociedades costeras del norte de Chile (quebrada Mamilla, Tocopilla)
Se presentan evidencias directas e indirectas de actividades metalrgicas por parte de poblaciones cazadoras, recolectoras y pescadoras de la costa arreica del norte de Chile, durante los perodos Intermedio Tardo y Tardo. Se discuten
Cenizas del Antropoceno
Este artículo ofrece una crítica transdiciplinaria a la abstracción capitalista de la "carbono-neutralidad" a partir de un análisis situado de la producción de energía para la gran minería de cobre y, recientemente, también de litio en la ciudad de Tocopilla (norte de Chile). Al examinar las transformaciones sociales y materiales gatilladas por la producción de energía para la gran minería durante el siglo XX, este trabajo problematiza dicha neut…
Producción Metalúrgica Local Y Coexistencia De Tecnologías Metalúrgicas en San Pedro De Atacama Durante El Período Medio (400-1000 Dc)
Durante el perodo Medio (400-1000 DC) los metales registran un significativo aumento en los cementerios de San Pedro de Atacama, hecho a partir del cual se ha sealado la centralidad de stos en la estructuracin de las relaciones con Tiwanaku. Este trabajo presenta el corpus de metales que circularon en el espacio atacameo durante este perodo, a travs de su identificacin tipolgica, del reconocimiento de las aleaciones en que fueron manufacturados y…
A Major Prehispanic Copper Production Center Identified at Collahuasi, Southern Tarapacá Altiplano (Chile)
This work presents the results of a study of mining-metallurgical production in late pre-Hispanic times in the Collahuasi Mining District (Northern Chile), specifically examining the technology employed and changes in the scale of production. We focus on recent results obtained in a study of 50 pyrometallurgical furnaces identi ed at the Ujina 8 and Ujina 10 archaeological sites and their relation to Collahuasi 37, the metallurgical camp located …
Transformación Y Resignificación De La Parafernalia Alucinógena Prehispánica en Atacama a La Luz De Un Documento Del Siglo Xvii
A document dated to 1674 referred to a campaign of extirpation of idols held in Atacama (Lasana, Caspana and Ayquina) appears to account for the colonial survival of certain instruments of prehispanic religious worship, specifically snuff trays for inhaling hallucinogens that were used in shamanic rituals. The description given in the document on such objects is clear enough to establish correlates -at least in one case, a paraphernalia style fro…
Les Neuf-Bouches (district minier de Cabrières-Péret), la plus ancienne exploitation minière de cuivre de France
Les recherches minières de notre équipe dans le district minier de Cabrières-Péret se poursuivent depuis un quart de siècle. C’est ainsi que le site emblématique des Neuf-Bouches, signalé par G. Vasseur en 1911, a fait récemment l’objet de travaux entrepris dans le cadre du PCR "Mines et métallurgie préhistoriques du Midi de la France" (2002-2004). Le débroussaillage intégral du site a permis le relevé d’un plan complet des excavations et des déb…
Les Neuf-Bouches (district minier de Cabrières-Péret), la plus ancienne exploitation minière de cuivre de France
Les recherches minières de notre équipe dans le district minier de Cabrières-Péret se poursuivent depuis un quart de siècle. C’est ainsi que le site emblématique des Neuf-Bouches, signalé par G. Vasseur en 1911, a fait récemment l’objet de travaux entrepris dans le cadre du PCR "Mines et métallurgie préhistoriques du Midi de la France" (2002-2004). Le débroussaillage intégral du site a permis le relevé d’un plan complet des excavations et des déb…
Minería Y Metalurgia en La Costa Arreica De La Región De Antofagasta, Norte De Chile
La explotacin minera en la Regin de Antofagasta debi iniciarse a lo menos durante el Perodo Arcaico Temprano (ca. 10.500-9000 AP). En este perodo se ha documentado la presencia de pigmentos de color rojo, seguramente xidos de hierro
Metalurgia prehispánica en las sociedades costeras del norte de Chile (quebrada Mamilla, Tocopilla)
Se presentan evidencias directas e indirectas de actividades metalrgicas por parte de poblaciones cazadoras, recolectoras y pescadoras de la costa arreica del norte de Chile, durante los perodos Intermedio Tardo y Tardo. Se discuten
Metalurgia en San Pedro de Atacama Durante el Período Medio
Dentro del escenario sociopolítico de los Andes del Sur, parecen existir a lo menos dos tradiciones metalúrgicas que coexisten durante el Período Medio. La primera propiamente altiplánica, centrada en torno al estado de Tiwanaku y la segunda en el noroeste argentino, caracterizada por la metalurgia Aguada. Paralelamente, desde el Período Medio se observa un notable aumento de la presencia de objetos metálicos en San Pedro de Atacama, los cuales a…
Early Evidence (ca. 12,000 BP) for Iron Oxide Mining on the Pacific Coast of South America
Iron oxides have been used extensively in the Americas from the Paleoindian period up to the ethnographic present. But, because archaeological mining sites are extremely rare in this continent, we still know very little about how indigenous groups exploited and processed these minerals. Here we report finds from the San Ramon 15 site, located on the arid coast of northern Chile, where our research revealed a prehistoric mine with associated taili…
Hunter–Gatherer–Fisher Mining During the Archaic Period in Coastal Northern Chile
Pre-Hispanic Mining Ergology of Northern Chile
Mines, spoils, retention walls and pads are the most common material remains of pre-Hispanic mining activity studied by archaeologists.In this paper we will focus on yet another category, the mining ergology, defined as the material artefacts associated with day to day mining activities.Mining ergology seeks to document the technological equipment of the pre-Hispanic miner, which is seldom found in archaeological contexts due to poor preservation…
Interaction, social identity, agency and change during Middle Horizon San Pedro de Atacama (northern Chile)
Pigmentos Y Pinturas De Mineral De Cobre en La Región De Tarapacá, Norte De Chile
La explotacin de los recursos minerales de cobre en el norte de Chile implic la produccin de pigmentos azules y verdes identificados, hasta ahora, en pintura rupestre, en ndulos y en estado de polvo al interior de contenedores de cuero provenientes de distintos cementerios de la cuenca del ro Loa, regin de Antofagasta, desierto de Atacama. En este artculo, se presentan los primeros resultados de anlisis fsico-qumicos de pintura verde aplicada sob…
Informe sobre los restos de dalca del Museo Etnográfico de Achao, Chiloé
This report presents the record and analisys of two pieces of dalca exhibited in the Ethnographic Museum of Achao, Chilo Island, and its results. This study is a preliminar aproach to these pieces, which in the future should be continued in deeper details with more time and resources
Middle Holocene Production of Mussel Shell Fishing Artifacts on the Coast of Taltal (25° Lat South), Atacama Desert, Chile
Shell fishhooks have been found in several sites along the Pacific Coast of the Americas, but little is known about prehistoric workshops of these tools and the socio-economic context of their production and distribution. The present study provides new data about the production of mussel (Choromytilus chorus) shell fishing tools (MSFT) at Morro Colorado and Zapatero, two Middle Holocene sites on the coast of Taltal, northern Chile. The MSFT assem…
Radiocarbon Dating of Atacama (Chile) Snuff Trays
The Atacama region of Chile has the highest concentration of hallucinogenic paraphernalia from prehistoric cemeteries on the planet. These artifacts have been studied since the late 19th century, primarily from the perspective of stylistic classification, which has been used to infer their temporal assignation. However, direct chronological dating of the snuff trays has not been addressed until now, through an interdisciplinary study conducted in…
Metal Use and Production among Coastal Societies of the Atacama Desert
In this paper, we focus on the study of metal objects associated with populations living on the northern coast of Chile in the Late Intermediate and Late periods (c. ad 1000–1550). Our contribution is based on morphometric and physico-chemical (ICP–AES, PIXE and metallographic sections) analyses of the quintessential coastal metal object: the fish-hook. This study is part of a broader investigation that seeks to understand the organization of min…
Copper Earrings in La Araucanía
We report on the archaeometallurgical analysis of eight pieces of copper recovered from the Villa JMC-1 cemetery (Pitren Complex, Early Ceramic period) in the locality of Labranza, La Araucania. These artifacts provide the earliest evidence of metal use in southern Chile. They are also the southernmost prehispanic metal artifacts ever found in South America. These contextualized results complement those obtained from the analysis of an earring fr…
Cronología Y Organización Económica De Las Poblaciones Arcaicas De La Costa De Taltal
El presente trabajo constituye una reevaluacin de la secuencia cronolgico-cultural del perodo Arcaico en Taltal, en un intento por documentar las continuidades y transformaciones en la organizacin econmica de las poblaciones locales que habitaron este territorio, a partir de nuevos datos generados durante los ltimos aos en conjunto con otros estudios realizados en la zona anteriormente. Esta investigacin ha estado principalmente orientada al regi…
Transformación Y Resignificación De La Parafernalia Alucinógena Prehispánica en Atacama a La Luz De Un Documento Del Siglo Xvii
A document dated to 1674 referred to a campaign of extirpation of idols held in Atacama (Lasana, Caspana and Ayquina) appears to account for the colonial survival of certain instruments of prehispanic religious worship, specifically snuff trays for inhaling hallucinogens that were used in shamanic rituals. The description given in the document on such objects is clear enough to establish correlates -at least in one case, a paraphernalia style fro…
K’oa , Entidad Andina De Una Planta Y Otros Cuerpos. Una Posibilidad Interpretativa Para Ofrendas Funerarias en La Arqueología De Arica
Se presenta una reflexin que busca otorgar una posibilidad interpretativa a un conjunto de amuletos confeccionados en tallos de k'oa (Diplostephium cinereum Cuatrec.) encontrados como ofrendas funerarias en los cementerios prehispnicos de Arica. Los analizamos desde una perspectiva transdisciplinaria con nfasis en la etnografa aymara y una mirada ontolgica tras su terminologa y uso cultural. Esta bsqueda ha permitido constatar que el trmino k'oa …
Producción Metalúrgica Local Y Coexistencia De Tecnologías Metalúrgicas en San Pedro De Atacama Durante El Período Medio (400-1000 Dc)
Durante el perodo Medio (400-1000 DC) los metales registran un significativo aumento en los cementerios de San Pedro de Atacama, hecho a partir del cual se ha sealado la centralidad de stos en la estructuracin de las relaciones con Tiwanaku. Este trabajo presenta el corpus de metales que circularon en el espacio atacameo durante este perodo, a travs de su identificacin tipolgica, del reconocimiento de las aleaciones en que fueron manufacturados y…
A Major Prehispanic Copper Production Center Identified at Collahuasi, Southern Tarapacá Altiplano (Chile)
This work presents the results of a study of mining-metallurgical production in late pre-Hispanic times in the Collahuasi Mining District (Northern Chile), specifically examining the technology employed and changes in the scale of production. We focus on recent results obtained in a study of 50 pyrometallurgical furnaces identi ed at the Ujina 8 and Ujina 10 archaeological sites and their relation to Collahuasi 37, the metallurgical camp located …
Obsidianas, Turquesas Y Metales en El Sur De Chile
Chungara Revista de Antropologa Chilena Los anlisis composicionales realizados a piezas de obsidiana, cuentas de turquesa y artefactos metlicos de isla Mocha, permiten plantear un escenario de gran movilidad de bienes para los ltimos 1.000 aos en el sur de Chile. Dichos anlisis permiten plantear hiptesis respecto a vnculos con zonas como la cordillera de la costa en la Araucana (35 km), Neuqun central en Argentina (390 km) y el Altiplano bolivian…
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Estudio arqueomineralógico de las menas de cobre prehispánicas en Collahuasi, norte de Chile
Northern Chile is known for its large-scale contemporary copper exploitation. Archaeological evidence indicates that such exploitation is not only a modern occurrence but has been ongoing since at least the Late Archaic Period. In order to identify the raw mineral materials used in pre-Hispanic mining and metallurgical production processes we performed an automated mineralogy analysis (QEMSCAN). The samples are from the Collahuasi mining-metallur…
Technology, life histories and circulation of gold objects during the Middle Period (AD 400-1000)
Studies of archaeological goldwork in the Americas are increasingly revealing a rich variety of context-specific ways in which gold items were produced and valued, but research attention has largely focused on visually striking artefacts. However, in the south-central Andes, goldwork is described essentially as a 'sheet technology'-a definition that tends to downplay the potential complexity and cultural significance of this technology in such an…
Life in the Atacama Desert 10.000 years ago, as told by a tiny black obsidian tool
A fresh obsidian edge can be extremely sharp, as little as one molecule thick. Andean societies were quite familiar with the high quality of this volcanic glass, using it not only in weapons for warfare and hunting but also in surgical and trepanning instruments. Furthermore, its beauty and unusual brightness encouraged the manufacture of ornaments and prestige goods – often exchanged through caravan traffic. Among the archaeological remains of t…
Ingredientes rituales en las ceremonias andinas propiciatorias del desierto de Atacama
This research explores the role of minerals in propitiation and fertility rites in the Andes. An ontological perspective is employed, using an ethnohistorical account and ethnographic sources, to open the way to discussion and contextualization of the archaeological evidence of copper found in the Atacama Desert. Focusing on its affective and propitiatory potential for the germination of life, we look at the presence of copper elements in various…
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