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Maria Victoria Castro Rojas
Es Profesora de Estado en Filosofía, Arqueóloga y Magister en Ciencias de la Historia. Profesora emérita de la Universidad de Chile desde el año 2007, institución en la que ejerció la docencia y la investigación por más de 30 años, colaborando a la formación de numerosas generaciones de arqueólogos y antropólogos.
En el presente, es profesora del curso Visión cultural de la Naturaleza para el Magister de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales de la Universidad de Chile. Fue miembro del Comité Científico Internacional del Programa Qhapaq Ñan de la Unesco; el año 2010 recibió el Premio Identitas otorgado por la UISEK por su trayectoria en el ámbito de la investigación, gestión, puesta en valor y defensa del patrimonio cultural de Chile. Es autora de libro De Ídolos a Santos. Evangelización y Religión andina en los Andes del Sur (2009); coautora de Historia y cultura de la alimentación en Chile. Miradas y saberes sobre nuestra culinaria (2010); Ceremonias de Tierra y Agua. Ritos Milenarios Andinos (1994), Artífices del Barro (1991), entre otros y de artículos de arqueología y etnografía.
Address: Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
Departamento de Antropología
Carrera de Arqueología
http://antropologia.uahurtado.cl/
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Almirante Barroso 10
Santiago
Chile
En el presente, es profesora del curso Visión cultural de la Naturaleza para el Magister de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales de la Universidad de Chile. Fue miembro del Comité Científico Internacional del Programa Qhapaq Ñan de la Unesco; el año 2010 recibió el Premio Identitas otorgado por la UISEK por su trayectoria en el ámbito de la investigación, gestión, puesta en valor y defensa del patrimonio cultural de Chile. Es autora de libro De Ídolos a Santos. Evangelización y Religión andina en los Andes del Sur (2009); coautora de Historia y cultura de la alimentación en Chile. Miradas y saberes sobre nuestra culinaria (2010); Ceremonias de Tierra y Agua. Ritos Milenarios Andinos (1994), Artífices del Barro (1991), entre otros y de artículos de arqueología y etnografía.
Address: Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
Departamento de Antropología
Carrera de Arqueología
http://antropologia.uahurtado.cl/
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Almirante Barroso 10
Santiago
Chile
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Copaca 1 archeological site, located on the arid coast of Northern Chile. The site corresponds to an
extensive shell midden that was used generally as an occupational site and specifically as a funerary one
by specialized marine hunteregatherers exclusively during the Archaic period.
The analysis of the faunal remains enabled a general description of the use of local fauna throughout
the site's cultural sequence, which range from 7866 to 5040 cal. BP. According to the results obtained,
marine and terrestrial fauna, including marine and terrestrial mammals, sea birds, pelagic and oceanic
fish, mollusks, crustaceans and equinoderms, were used as a source of both food and technological
implements during the Middle Holocene. This implies that the human groups that inhabited Copaca 1
accessed most of the ecoanthropic spheres of the Southern Cone of the Southwestern Pacific coast from
early times onward, an adaptation dated since 12,000 BP in the south-western coast from southern Peru
and northern Chile.
Copaca 1 archeological site, located on the arid coast of Northern Chile. The site corresponds to an
extensive shell midden that was used generally as an occupational site and specifically as a funerary one
by specialized marine hunteregatherers exclusively during the Archaic period.
The analysis of the faunal remains enabled a general description of the use of local fauna throughout
the site's cultural sequence, which range from 7866 to 5040 cal. BP. According to the results obtained,
marine and terrestrial fauna, including marine and terrestrial mammals, sea birds, pelagic and oceanic
fish, mollusks, crustaceans and equinoderms, were used as a source of both food and technological
implements during the Middle Holocene. This implies that the human groups that inhabited Copaca 1
accessed most of the ecoanthropic spheres of the Southern Cone of the Southwestern Pacific coast from
early times onward, an adaptation dated since 12,000 BP in the south-western coast from southern Peru
and northern Chile.
of Cobija, considering hunting, fishing and gathering as dynamic
subsistence strategies, with a particular configuration during the
late precolumbian periods. We propose the existence of specialized
fishermen, dedicated to generating a surplus of fish with help from
certain technologies such as metal hooks and cotton nets. This surplus
was distributed into the highlands and coastal communities in the
context of a strong economic integration in Atacama during the late
periods. We based our analysis ofthe domestic deposits in the study of
the depositional patterns of daily remains and the functional analysis
of the associated instruments or tools. Furthermore, we discuss the
nuances of their economic practices in relation to the documents
written during the colonization of these territories.
Copaca 1 archeological site, located on the arid coast of Northern Chile. The site corresponds to an
extensive shell midden that was used generally as an occupational site and specifically as a funerary one
by specialized marine hunteregatherers exclusively during the Archaic period.
The analysis of the faunal remains enabled a general description of the use of local fauna throughout
the site's cultural sequence, which range from 7866 to 5040 cal. BP. According to the results obtained,
marine and terrestrial fauna, including marine and terrestrial mammals, sea birds, pelagic and oceanic
fish, mollusks, crustaceans and equinoderms, were used as a source of both food and technological
implements during the Middle Holocene. This implies that the human groups that inhabited Copaca 1
accessed most of the ecoanthropic spheres of the Southern Cone of the Southwestern Pacific coast from
early times onward, an adaptation dated since 12,000 BP in the south-western coast from southern Peru
and northern Chile.
Copaca 1 archeological site, located on the arid coast of Northern Chile. The site corresponds to an
extensive shell midden that was used generally as an occupational site and specifically as a funerary one
by specialized marine hunteregatherers exclusively during the Archaic period.
The analysis of the faunal remains enabled a general description of the use of local fauna throughout
the site's cultural sequence, which range from 7866 to 5040 cal. BP. According to the results obtained,
marine and terrestrial fauna, including marine and terrestrial mammals, sea birds, pelagic and oceanic
fish, mollusks, crustaceans and equinoderms, were used as a source of both food and technological
implements during the Middle Holocene. This implies that the human groups that inhabited Copaca 1
accessed most of the ecoanthropic spheres of the Southern Cone of the Southwestern Pacific coast from
early times onward, an adaptation dated since 12,000 BP in the south-western coast from southern Peru
and northern Chile.
of Cobija, considering hunting, fishing and gathering as dynamic
subsistence strategies, with a particular configuration during the
late precolumbian periods. We propose the existence of specialized
fishermen, dedicated to generating a surplus of fish with help from
certain technologies such as metal hooks and cotton nets. This surplus
was distributed into the highlands and coastal communities in the
context of a strong economic integration in Atacama during the late
periods. We based our analysis ofthe domestic deposits in the study of
the depositional patterns of daily remains and the functional analysis
of the associated instruments or tools. Furthermore, we discuss the
nuances of their economic practices in relation to the documents
written during the colonization of these territories.