20225502(en)/3 - Occupational Trajectories and Local Spaces During the Ceramic Periods in the Puangue and Angostura Valleys, Central Chile
OCCUPATIONAL TRAJECTORIES AND LOCAL SPACES DURING THE CERAMIC PERIODS IN THE PUANGUE AND ANGOSTURA VALLEYS, CENTRAL CHILE
TRAYECTORIAS OCUPACIONALES Y ESPACIOS LOCALES DURANTE LOS PERIODOS ALFAREROS EN LOS VALLES DE PUANGUE Y ANGOSTURA, CHILE CENTRAL
Lorena Sanhueza, Itaci Correa, Fernanada Falabella, Flavio Ardiles, Brandi L. MacDonald y Michael D. Glascock
Pre-Hispanic societies of the Ceramic Periods in Central Chile have been described in archaeology as low-scale societies. Here we propose that the locality or microregion are relevant spatial scales of analysis to address the economic, social, and political life of these groups. A comparative analysis of two local-scale areas, Angostura and Puangue-Pomaire, reveals that although both areas share a general sequence and a historical process at a regional level, local trajectories differ in terms of temporality, dynamics, and characteristics. The settlement of Early Ceramic groups occurs at a much later date and is less prominent in Puangue-Pomaire, which shows evidence of a much stronger Inca and historical presence. On the other hand, a neutron activation analysis of domestic pottery sherds reveals that some knowledge, such as the sources and/or recipes of pottery raw materials, is shared on a small scale in both cases, but varies according to the characteristics and possibilities of the local landscape, which involves areas of no more than 10 km.