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View of the ignimbrite wall in the Salar de Infieles with the identification of the sector with pictographs and engravings.
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Resumen Se presentan los resultados de las excavaciones y análisis de artefactos, ecofactos y arte rupestre del sitio Infieles-1, Puna de Atacama, Chile. Este sitio se emplaza adyacente a un paredón de ignimbrita con diversas manifestaciones rupestres. El análisis de estas pinturas y grabado, junto a la excavación realizada permitió identificar tre...
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Resumen Se presentan los resultados de las excavaciones y análisis de artefactos, ecofactos y arte rupestre del sitio Infieles-1, Puna de Atacama, Chile. Este sitio se emplaza adyacente a un paredón de ignimbrita con diversas manifestaciones rupestres. El análisis de estas pinturas y grabado, junto a la excavación realizada permitió identificar tre...
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... In Infieles we find a remarkable record of rock paintings and carvings, both pre-Hispanic and Historical, the former including both non-figurative (lines, rectangles, ovals, triangles, irregular forms), and figurative designs (anthropomorphic and zoomorphic, see Supplementary material 6). These rock paintings represent styles associated with Punta del Pueblo in Antofagasta de la Sierra (1,450-950 BP), typical of NWA; Las Ánimas motifs (1,450-950 BP); the Late Intermediate/Late Period (950-414 BP) based on rock-art styles from the northern and central parts of the Atacama Region (González et al., 2023). ...
... The representations associated with Punta del Pueblo are linked to caravan groups from Antofagasta de la Sierra, reflecting possible ceremonial activities at the site, as indicated by Martel et al. (2017, p. 200) in trans-Andean contexts. Records of Condorhuasi-Río Diablo ceramic recovered from a pre-Inka travel route site in Pampa del Carrizo (near Infieles) support a relation between this ceramic and evidence of caravan groups who used this salt flat throughout their continuous movements (González et al., 2023). ...
... exterior and smooth interior. The exterior decoration is incised in dotted fields with traces of red pigment, delimited by straight lines, which indicate a link with the Río Diablo phase of the Condorhuasi tradition of NWA(González et al., 2023.Figures 7a, b). Other evidence comes from site PE-2. ...
We discuss the process of human re-occupation of the Southern Puna (25°-27°S) during the Late Holocene through a variety of lines of evidence, such as ceramics, faunal bones, lithic technology, sources of raw materials like obsidian, and rock art, and their integration with spatial analyses using least-cost paths. Our results indicate a process in which niches were formed in the puna, focused on a variety of activities such as vicuña hunting; exploitation of lithic sources, minerals and pigments; camelid grazing; symbolic manifestations, and inter-Andean circulation. This suggests that human dynamics in the highlands of the Southern Puna towards the Late Holocene were motivated by a range of biotic and abiotic resources, and different modes of occupation, which tended to become diversified in the long term; nevertheless, they retained a common base in vicuña hunting and obsidian procurement, circulation and exchange.
We present the results of an interdisciplinary study conducted at the Pedernales-5 site, situated in the Salar de Pedernales basin (26°S; 3356 masl), dated
from 10,510−10,749 to 11,201−11,612 cal. BP. Unlike other Late Pleistocene and Holocene sites in the Andean Puna, where vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna)
were the primary prey, at Pedernales-5, the zooarcheological assemblage consists almost exclusively of flamingo (Phoenicopteridae) and bird remains.
Through the analysis of lithic and bone artifacts, archeobotanical remains, pigment composition, and paleoenvironmental data, we propose that the
emphasis on flamingo exploitation cannot be solely explained by alimentary consumption but also served cultural and symbolic purposes related to the
acquisition of feathers, hides, and bones. The unique archeological context of Pedernales-5 offers a distinctive perspective on human dynamics in the
Andean highlands during the Early Holocene.
