We present a synthesis of our investigation into pre-Hispanic pathways of the Atacama Desert Pamp... more We present a synthesis of our investigation into pre-Hispanic pathways of the Atacama Desert Pampa-one of the driest and harshest environments on our planet-where we have identified a variety of mobility strategies and dynamics deployed by the different communities that inhabited both the Pacific coast and the inland oases of this region. Specifically, we focus on the inter-nodal archaeological and biogeochemical data that provides direct evidence of the presence of individuals from myriad regions traversing this area from the Middle Archaic to Late periods (c. 7000 BP-400 BP). Moreover, we analyze how, beginning in the Formative Period, this multiplicity of peoples employed different mobility systems, circulation, relationships, and social exchanges to integrate this apparent "empty space". In doing so, we discuss and reformulate the classic highland caravanning model of the Andes, which considered highland caravanning groups as the only agents promoting long-distance mobility and exchange.
Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, ... more Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, and interregional interaction during northern Chile's Late Formative period (AD 100–400) are seen in the flow of goods and people over expanses of desert. Consolidating evidence of material culture from these interactions with a bioarchaeological dimension allows us to provide details about individual lives and patterns in the Late Formative more generally. Here, we integrate a variety of skeletal, chemical, and archaeological data to explore the life and death of a small child (Calate-3N.7). By taking a multiscalar approach, we present a narrative that considers not only the varied materiality that accompanies this child but also what the child's life experience was and how this reflects and shapes our understanding of the Late Formative period in northern Chile. This evidence hints at the profound mobility of their youth. The complex mortuary context reflects numerous interacti...
Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, ... more Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, and interregional interaction during northern Chile's Late Formative period (AD 100–400) are seen in the flow of goods and people over expanses of desert. Consolidating evidence of material culture from these interactions with a bioarchaeological dimension allows us to provide details about individual lives and patterns in the Late Formative more generally. Here, we integrate a variety of skeletal, chemical, and archaeological data to explore the life and death of a small child (Calate-3N.7). By taking a multiscalar approach, we present a narrative that considers not only the varied materiality that accompanies this child but also what the child's life experience was and how this reflects and shapes our understanding of the Late Formative period in northern Chile. This evidence hints at the profound mobility of their youth. The complex mortuary context reflects numerous interacti...
Calate is one of the spaces in the Atacama desert that has passed unnoticed in archaeological res... more Calate is one of the spaces in the Atacama desert that has passed unnoticed in archaeological research, most likely because it appears to be a wasteland, devoid of basic resources and therefore of no apparent interest for humans. However, as we elaborate here, this view is very far removed from the actual archaeological potential afforded by the zone, which has revealed itself as a privileged place to study human mobility and pre-Hispanic social relations. We have chosen it as a case study following a research strategy that initially hypothesized Calate as a space of socially dense mobility and today stands out as a true archaeological laboratory for understanding the archaeology of internodal movement in the southern Andes.
"Study of internodal spaces and their contribution to the history, nature and dynamics of human o... more "Study of internodal spaces and their contribution to the history, nature and dynamics of human occupations in arid zones"
This issue of Estudios Atacameños presents the results of the symposium referred to in the title of this Introduction. The symposium took place on October 8, 2015 in the city of Concepción during the XX National Conference of Chilean Archaeology, and was organized by the Universidad de Concepción Anthropology Program and the Chilean Archaeology Society. On that occasion, 16 papers were presented by more than 30 researchers from Chile, Argentina and the United States. Axel Nielsen provided comments at the end of the symposium.
We present a synthesis of our investigation into pre-Hispanic pathways of the Atacama Desert Pamp... more We present a synthesis of our investigation into pre-Hispanic pathways of the Atacama Desert Pampa-one of the driest and harshest environments on our planet-where we have identified a variety of mobility strategies and dynamics deployed by the different communities that inhabited both the Pacific coast and the inland oases of this region. Specifically, we focus on the inter-nodal archaeological and biogeochemical data that provides direct evidence of the presence of individuals from myriad regions traversing this area from the Middle Archaic to Late periods (c. 7000 BP-400 BP). Moreover, we analyze how, beginning in the Formative Period, this multiplicity of peoples employed different mobility systems, circulation, relationships, and social exchanges to integrate this apparent "empty space". In doing so, we discuss and reformulate the classic highland caravanning model of the Andes, which considered highland caravanning groups as the only agents promoting long-distance mobility and exchange.
Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, ... more Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, and interregional interaction during northern Chile's Late Formative period (AD 100–400) are seen in the flow of goods and people over expanses of desert. Consolidating evidence of material culture from these interactions with a bioarchaeological dimension allows us to provide details about individual lives and patterns in the Late Formative more generally. Here, we integrate a variety of skeletal, chemical, and archaeological data to explore the life and death of a small child (Calate-3N.7). By taking a multiscalar approach, we present a narrative that considers not only the varied materiality that accompanies this child but also what the child's life experience was and how this reflects and shapes our understanding of the Late Formative period in northern Chile. This evidence hints at the profound mobility of their youth. The complex mortuary context reflects numerous interacti...
Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, ... more Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, and interregional interaction during northern Chile's Late Formative period (AD 100–400) are seen in the flow of goods and people over expanses of desert. Consolidating evidence of material culture from these interactions with a bioarchaeological dimension allows us to provide details about individual lives and patterns in the Late Formative more generally. Here, we integrate a variety of skeletal, chemical, and archaeological data to explore the life and death of a small child (Calate-3N.7). By taking a multiscalar approach, we present a narrative that considers not only the varied materiality that accompanies this child but also what the child's life experience was and how this reflects and shapes our understanding of the Late Formative period in northern Chile. This evidence hints at the profound mobility of their youth. The complex mortuary context reflects numerous interacti...
Calate is one of the spaces in the Atacama desert that has passed unnoticed in archaeological res... more Calate is one of the spaces in the Atacama desert that has passed unnoticed in archaeological research, most likely because it appears to be a wasteland, devoid of basic resources and therefore of no apparent interest for humans. However, as we elaborate here, this view is very far removed from the actual archaeological potential afforded by the zone, which has revealed itself as a privileged place to study human mobility and pre-Hispanic social relations. We have chosen it as a case study following a research strategy that initially hypothesized Calate as a space of socially dense mobility and today stands out as a true archaeological laboratory for understanding the archaeology of internodal movement in the southern Andes.
"Study of internodal spaces and their contribution to the history, nature and dynamics of human o... more "Study of internodal spaces and their contribution to the history, nature and dynamics of human occupations in arid zones"
This issue of Estudios Atacameños presents the results of the symposium referred to in the title of this Introduction. The symposium took place on October 8, 2015 in the city of Concepción during the XX National Conference of Chilean Archaeology, and was organized by the Universidad de Concepción Anthropology Program and the Chilean Archaeology Society. On that occasion, 16 papers were presented by more than 30 researchers from Chile, Argentina and the United States. Axel Nielsen provided comments at the end of the symposium.
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This issue of Estudios Atacameños presents the results of the symposium referred to in the title of this Introduction. The symposium took place on October 8, 2015 in the city of Concepción during the XX National Conference of Chilean Archaeology, and was organized by the Universidad de Concepción Anthropology Program and the Chilean Archaeology Society. On that occasion, 16 papers were presented by more than 30 researchers from Chile, Argentina and the United States. Axel Nielsen provided comments at the end of the symposium.
This issue of Estudios Atacameños presents the results of the symposium referred to in the title of this Introduction. The symposium took place on October 8, 2015 in the city of Concepción during the XX National Conference of Chilean Archaeology, and was organized by the Universidad de Concepción Anthropology Program and the Chilean Archaeology Society. On that occasion, 16 papers were presented by more than 30 researchers from Chile, Argentina and the United States. Axel Nielsen provided comments at the end of the symposium.