Boris SantanderAlberto Hurtado University · Departamento de Antropología
Boris Santander
Ph.D. in Quaternary & Prehistory
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En este texto se presenta una nota sobre el desarrollo de trabajos de observación y registro de carcasas animales en dos espacios ecológicos diferentes, separados por escasos kilómetros pero con notorias diferencias en términos de altitud, humedad, temperatura, radiación solar y salinidad. El trabajo de observación tiene por objetivo detectar, desd...
Se analizan los cambios en la gestión del excedente y la producción agrícola generados por la integración de los Valles Occidentales al Tawantinsuyu, a partir del análisis de la infraestructura de almacenamiento en tres asentamientos de los valles de Lluta y Azapa. Mediante el estudio de las técnicas constructivas, la organización espacial, los con...
The earliest known population of the Atacama Desert coincided with the Central Andean Pluvial Event II (CAPE II), an extensive pluvial event recorded during the Late Pleistocene–Early Holocene (13,800–8,500 cal years BP). A large number of archaeological sites from this period have been found along the borders of the Imilac and Punta Negra (24.5°S)...
Este artículo da a conocer, mediante una aproximación multidisciplinaria un grupo de 14 tubos con iconografía pintada, provenientes de contextos funerarios excavados en distintos cementerios de los oasis de San Pedro de Atacama, cronológicamente asignables al período Medio (ca. 400-1000 DC). Develamos aquí la especial iconografía de estos tubos, cu...
This paper examines discarding practices at the Early Formative site of Tulán-54 (3360-2950 cal BP to 2410-2370 cal BP, located at the southeastern edge of the Salar de Atacama Basin (Northern Chile). A sunken temple structure identifi ed at the centre of a refuse mound found on site contained 27 human infant graves accompanied by offerings, rock a...
During the Late Holocene, important changes can be identified in the social dynamics of hunter-gatherer populations in different regions of the southern Andes. These transformations are associated with processes of demographic growth, territoriality, increased social complexity, technological innovations, and intensified exploitation of the environ...
This paper presents an interdisciplinary study of the Miscanti-1 archaeological site, located in the Holocene terrace deposits accumulated on the eastern margin of Miscanti Lake (4120 m.a.s.l.), northern Chile (23.7� S, 67.7� W). The human response to environmental and climatic variability in the MidHolocene
(9500-4500 cal yr BP) is discussed throu...
This paper presents an interdisciplinary study of the Miscanti-1 archaeological site, located in the Holocene terrace deposits accumulated on the eastern margin of Miscanti Lake (4120 m.a.s.l.), northern Chile (23.7� S, 67.7� W). The human response to environmental and climatic variability in the MidHolocene
(9500-4500 cal yr BP) is discussed throu...
Unique among its kind in the Atacama Desert, the temple of Tulán-54 is a key archaeological site of the Early Formative period. Evidence of ceremonies and ritual activities, such as feasts and offerings, demonstrates that Tulán-54 was the scene of important cultural and economic transformation, from hunter-gatherers to early pastoralist communities...
Our paper intends to disclose an artifact little known and not studied in detail up to here by specialized literature; it is a set of 14 tubes of animal bone, with container function, and which present a very specific Andean iconography.
The zooarchaeological analysis indicates that the material used corresponds to camelid humerus/femur, and that t...
Archaeological evidence of the Tulán-54 site is discussed with a special emphasis on the central temple. Situated in the Tulán transect, which stretches over 15 km southeast of the Salar de Atacama basin, this site is part of a system of three large synchronous Early Formative settlements (3450 to 2370 BP cal.). Each settlement presents different f...
había una ceremonia de clausura, luego de que una delgada capa de relleno de montículo o arena fuera dispuesta sobre el piso, se procedía a sellar esta superficie, quemando madera y paja (Hastorf 2008a:9). En el presente trabajo se discuten las evidencias del sitio Tulán-54 con especial énfasis en el templete central. Este sitio es parte de un sist...
Análisis de fibras de Camélido de Quebrada Tulán
Presentamos los resultados de la investigación arqueológica de un sitio fechado hacia el Holoceno Medio en los Andes del Norte Semiárido de Chile. La escasez de este tipo de evidencias pone de relieve la importancia de dar cuenta cabal del contexto estudiado y los conjuntos ahí recuperados. Las características del sitio como una estación de tareas...
Here we present the zooarchaeological analysis of guanaco (Lama guanicoe) remains recovered from the Late Archaic occupation in the MAU085 site, located in the Mauro Valley, in the semi-arid north of Chile. The aim of this study is to understand the spatial organization of this hunter-gatherer site mainly focused on animal processing activities. Th...
Los camélidos han sido, desde las primeras ocupaciones en los andes centro-sur, pieza fundamental en los desarrollos históricos de los grupos humanos asentados en dichos territorio. Más allá de los diferentes usos dados a estos animales, la vinculación estrecha entre ambas entidades, humanos y camélidos, sobrepasa con creces la mera relación depred...
A human femur diaphysis in the form of a burin was excavated from a secondary burial context containing osteological remains and industry in the Archaeological Complex of Perdigões (Portugal). The majority of these evidences are thermo-altered and highly fragmented. Radiocarbon dates for this context place it in the middle 3rd millennium BC. Typolo...
Se presenta el análisis zooarqueológico de los restos de guanacos (Lama guanicoe) recuperados de la ocupación Arcaica Tardía del sitio MAU085, emplazado en el valle de Mauro, Norte Semiárido chileno. Este análisis tuvo por objetivo entender la organización espacial del sitio, el cual corresponde a un campamento de cazadores-recolectores orientado a...
The results of analysis of bone technology recovered from four archaeological sites in the Valley of El Mauro (Semiarid North of Chile, Coquimbo Region) are presented. The study of bone technology recovered in these sites becomes relevant to the understanding in the context of the observable cultural changes along an occupational sequence from the...
Excavations at the Tulán-54 site (TU-54), located at the southeast of Salar de Atacama, have allowed
the identification of occupations characteristic of the Tilocalar Phase, in the Early Formative period (3,100-
2,400 BP). Architectural and contextual evidence showed a combination of ritual elements, including a
small central temple, infant burials...
The Valley of Mauro (31° S) has a long occupational history from the Middle Archaic (c. 7500 years BP) to the present. Most of the pre-Hispanic cultural manifestations of the inland southern zone of the Semiarid North of Chile were identified in this valley. Camelids were exploited during the entire occupational sequence, principally as the main me...
The Valley of Mauro (31° S) has a long occupational history from the Middle Archaic (c. 7500 years BP) to the present. Most of the pre-Hispanic cultural manifestations of the inland southern zone of the Semiarid North of Chile were identified in this valley. Camelids were exploited during the entire occupational sequence, principally as the main me...
The article presents the results of a study conducted on an assemblage of archeofaunal remains from the 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...
Two archaeological assemblages from the Sierra de Atapuerca sites show evidence of an-thropogenic cannibalism. These are the late Early Pleistocene level TD6-2 at Gran Dolina, and the Bronze Age level MIR4 in the Mirador Cave. Despite the chronological distance between these two assemblages, they share the common feature that the human remains exhi...
RESUMEN Valle de Mauro (31° S) tiene una larga historia de ocupaciones humanas desde el Arcaico medio (~7.500 años AP) hasta la actualidad. Para momentos prehispánicos, este valle presenta una extensa secuencia ocupa-cional que refleja gran parte de las múltiples manifestaciones culturales identificadas para el interior de la zona meridional del No...
Observar a Chile desde la distancia, es el ejercicio y meta que muchos/as investigadores/as chilenos/as nos hemos propuesto al decidir salir de nuestro país a realizar estudios de postgrado o investigaciones al extranjero, al trazar redes y desde la distancia no dejar nunca de mirar Chile y de observarlo. Así como también de contribuir - desde nues...
Pleistocene level TD6-2 of the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) is the result of anthropogenic accumulation. Hominin groups occupied the cave as a home base, where they brought in, butchered and consumed the carcasses of ungulates and other hominins. In this paper, we reassess the role of carnivores in the formation and/or modification...
La utilizacion de la microscopia en materiales en arqueologicas a partir de los anos 50, ha repercutido fuertemente en el desarrollo de metodologias de analisis que permiten acceder a un registro inaccesible por otros medios. No obstante, Latinoamerica habia permanecido relativamente ajena al desarrollo de dichas innovaciones. En la ultima decada,...
RESUMEN En el presente trabajo se dan a conocer los resultados del análisis osteométrico de los sitios provenientes del Valle de Mauro (MAU033, MAU085, MAU062, MAU065, MAU083, MAU091, MAU064, MAU092, MAU067 y MAU094), Norte Semiárido, Chile. Los análisis cubren una secuencia temporal que abarca desde el Arcaico Tardío hasta el Período Tardío. En es...
The results obtained from the zooarchaeological analysis of the Late Intermediate Period (~1.000-1.400 AD) and the Late Period (1.400-1.536 AD) of the Valle de Mauroare discussed. Late Intermediate Period occupations shows a low scale resource exploitation of the valley, centered in camelids, which is coherent with what was indicated for the same p...
Resumen Este trabajo presenta los resultados del análisis mediante Microscopio Electrónico de Barrido (MEB) realizado sobre siete artefactos óseos provenientes del sitio Arcaico Tardío (c.a. 4000-2000 a.p.) MAU085 (31º 57´S – 71º 01´O, Región de Coquimbo, Chile). Este análisis tuvo por objetivos identificar funcionalidades de un conjunto de artefac...
