A tethered hunting and mobility landscape in the Andean highlands of the Western Valleys, northern Chile

Adrián Oyaneder-Rodríguez

doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10213

A tethered hunting and mobility landscape in the Andean highlands of the Western Valleys, northern Chile

Título traducido de la contribución: Un paisaje de caza y movilidad atados en las tierras altas andinas de los Valles Occidentales, norte de Chile

Adrián Oyaneder-Rodríguez

Departamento de Antropología

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La evidencia arqueológica sugiere que la transición a economías productoras de alimentos en los valles occidentales del norte de Chile provocó una disminución de la caza y la recolección en las zonas de tierras altas alrededor del año 650 d. C., si bien los registros coloniales de los siglos XVI y XVIII atestiguan la persistencia de grupos de cazadores-recolectores. Tomando como caso de estudio la cuenca del río Camarones, este trabajo identifica pequeños asentamientos e instalaciones de caza en zonas de tierras altas mediante datos de teledetección. Al considerar estos nuevos datos junto con relatos etnohistóricos, el autor propone que la caza y la recolección se mantuvieron hasta finales de la época colonial, posiblemente coexistiendo con comunidades de pastores y agropastoriles y propiciando patrones de asentamiento ligados.

Título traducido de la contribución	Un paisaje de caza y movilidad atados en las tierras altas andinas de los Valles Occidentales, norte de Chile
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1640-1657
Publicación	Antiquity
Volumen	99
N.º	408
DOI	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10213
Estado	Publicada - 13 oct 2025

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Cometas del desierto
Prehispánico
Teledetección
Patrones de asentamiento
Andes centro-sur

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A tethered hunting and mobility landscape in the Andean highlands of the Western Valleys, northern Chile

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