Vivir en la costa : El sitio Cueva La Capilla 1 en el contexto de transición Arcaico-Formativo en el extremo norte de Chile
Vivir en la costa : El sitio Cueva La Capilla 1 en el contexto de transición Arcaico-Formativo en el extremo norte de Chile
Authors
Calás, Elisa
Sepúlveda, Marcela
Silva-Pinto, Verónica
Alday, Camila
García, Magdalena
Labarca, Rafael
Valenzuela, Jimena
Osorio, Daniela
Valenzuela, Daniela
Sepúlveda, Marcela
Silva-Pinto, Verónica
Alday, Camila
García, Magdalena
Labarca, Rafael
Valenzuela, Jimena
Osorio, Daniela
Valenzuela, Daniela
Authors
Date
2023
Datos de publicación:
10.7770/cuhso-v33n1-art577
Keywords
Subsistencia - Tecnología - Contexto funerario - Isótopos - Movilidad - Interacciones
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Abstract
El sitio Cueva La Capilla 1 es un contexto clave para entender los procesos de cambio social que vivieron las comunidades cazadoras, recolecto-ras y pescadoras costeras hacia fines del período Arcaico en la costa exorreica del extremo norte de Chile, Desierto de Atacama. Presentamos el análisis de múltiples evidencias provenientes de excavaciones realizadas a principios de la década 2010 asociadas justamente al lapso temporal de la transición Arcaico-Formativo. A partir de la presencia de materiales relacionados con distintos ámbitos de la vida social de estos grupos, como son la alimentación, tecnología y funebria, discutimos el tipo de actividades desarrolladas en su interior. El origen de los recursos asociados a cada ámbito permite profun-dizar aspectos vinculados con la movilidad de sus ocupantes e interacción con otras comunidades. En síntesis, con toda la nueva información disponible, incluyendo nuevas dataciones, ampliamos el conjunto de actividades identificadas previamente en el sitio, junto con ahondar en la relevancia de la costa y litoral para las poblaciones locales en el lapso conocido como de transición del Arcaico al Formativo en cuanto a su movilidad y/o redes de interacción con otras poblaciones asentadas en ambientes interiores de la región.
The Capilla 1 cave is a key context to understanding the social dy-namics of the coastal hunter-gatherer-fishers of the Late Archaic Period on the exoreic northernmost coast of Chile, Atacama Desert. We present the analysis of multiple lines of data associated to the so-called “Archaic-Formative tran-sition” recovering from excavations carried out in the early 2010s. La Capi-lla 1’s material culture - which represents different social dimensions of these coastal communities related to food, technology and mortuary practices, are employed to interrogate the different activities that were carried out in the site. Furthermore, identifying the areas of procurement of diverse ranges of resou-rces enables us to indicate the networks of mobility and social interactions. In summary, by considering a new set of data and chronology, we broaden the set of activities previously identified on the site emphasizing the relevance of coas-tal and littoral environments had to the local coastal communities during the transition to the Formative Period in terms of their mobility and/or interaction networks with other populations settled in interior environments of the region.
The Capilla 1 cave is a key context to understanding the social dy-namics of the coastal hunter-gatherer-fishers of the Late Archaic Period on the exoreic northernmost coast of Chile, Atacama Desert. We present the analysis of multiple lines of data associated to the so-called “Archaic-Formative tran-sition” recovering from excavations carried out in the early 2010s. La Capi-lla 1’s material culture - which represents different social dimensions of these coastal communities related to food, technology and mortuary practices, are employed to interrogate the different activities that were carried out in the site. Furthermore, identifying the areas of procurement of diverse ranges of resou-rces enables us to indicate the networks of mobility and social interactions. In summary, by considering a new set of data and chronology, we broaden the set of activities previously identified on the site emphasizing the relevance of coas-tal and littoral environments had to the local coastal communities during the transition to the Formative Period in terms of their mobility and/or interaction networks with other populations settled in interior environments of the region.