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En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de los análisis de isótopos estables (δ13Ccol, δ15Ncol, δ13Capa y δ18Oapa) realizados en huesos de camélidos de sitios de Puripica, Tulán y Salar de Punta Negra (Región de Antofagasta, Chile), dentro de una secuencia que abarca desde el Arcaico temprano hasta el Formativo temprano. Estos datos se cotejaron con datos osteométricos y genéticos de camélidos silvestres y domésticos con el objetivo de comprender el uso de los espacios de caza y pastoreo. Los resultados correspondientes a las muestras de los periodos Arcaico temprano y medio (10.000-5300 aP) obedecen a las características ambientales registradas durante dicho lapso temporal en el área. Para el Arcaico tardío (5300-4000 aP) y el Formativo temprano (3100-2400 aP) se observa una distribución de valores isotópicos relativamente similar. Sin embargo, debido a la alta variabilidad de tamaños dentro de los camélidos domésticos, no es posible definir el uso de ciertas áreas de pastura sobre otras. Al mismo tiempo, los valores isotópicos de carbono y nitrógeno de la fase Tarajne (3700-3200 aP) se muestran poco variables, patrón que se explica por el uso de áreas acotadas para la caza de animales silvestres y/o el pastoreo de animales domésticos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background and aims: One of the few tree species adapted to the ecologically limiting conditions of the Atacama Desert is Geoffroea decorticans, known as chañar. It is a valuable multipurpose resource used as a food and medicinal product. However, for the purpose of genetic studies, codominant DNA markers specific for this species have not yet been developed. The objective of this work is to develop and validate microsatellite markers (SSR) for G. decorticans, in order to perform future studies of genetic diversity and genetic structure of populations. M&M: SSR markers were searched in the G. decorticans genome using the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) method, and they were validated through thirty individuals distributed in different localities in northern Chile. Results: A total of ~ 144,117 microsatellite loci were identified and a set of 41 primer pairs was used for validation. The amplified fragments ranged from 106 bp to 225 bp, the number of alleles ranged from 2 to 9, and the PIC value of the 41 SSR loci ranged between 0.32 and 0.86, with an average of 0.64. Conclusions: For the first time, putative neutral SSR markers specific to the G. decorticans species have been developed in order to promote genetic studies for the conservation of the species. The present study provides a set of 38 new polymorphic SSR markers, which could serve as an effective tool to estimate genetic diversity, genetic structure and to be used in breeding programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work we reflect on the relationships established between popular religiosity and the Atacama Desert in the Norte Grande of Chile. For this we see how that immense territory that is the desert is perceived by the political, military and ecclesial elites. First as a place lacking of life and second as sources of wealth, especially minerals. The festival of La Tirana and its vast pilgrimage has caused the sacralization of some of its parts. What was a non-place was transformed into a place full of meaning. Popular religiosity is, as we shall see later, a territorial inscription. In methodological terms, we have made long trips to this festival for more than a decade, an observation and interpretation from the pilgrims' point of view. Long conversations, analysis of the religious songbook, among others, constitute our empirical sources. We conclude that thanks to the pilgrimage the desert of being conceived as something empty, is filled with life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A través de la morfometría geométrica, este estudio explora la influencia del contexto cronológico y de procedencia en la variabilidad morfológica de 75 anzuelos de concha de Choromytilus chorus provenientes de siete sitios arqueológicos de la comuna de Taltal, en la costa sur del Desierto de Atacama, Chile. Los resultados muestran diferencias significativas en las formas de los anzuelos provenientes de distintos sitios y períodos. El rasgo que explica el mayor porcentaje de variación morfológica es el largo de una de las puntas, seguido por la abertura del anzuelo. Se identifican tres momentos clave en la evolución morfológica de estos artefactos. Entre 8500 y 7500 cal aP aparecen los primeros anzuelos, predominantemente sin vástago y de abertura amplia pero variable. De 7500 cal aP en adelante, la tecnología prolifera y se diversifica: los anzuelos sin vástago y con abertura amplia siguen predominando, pero formas con vástago y abertura media también están presentes en el kit de pesca. Finalmente, entre 5500 y 4500 cal aP el número de anzuelos disminuye, desaparecen las formas circulares y se mantienen las formas con vástago, pero con abertura más estrecha. El caso de estudio de Taltal contribuye a enriquecer el conocimiento sobre la tecnología del anzuelo en concha a lo largo del Pacífico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of "Saline Domain in Northern Chile" is defined and described as a result of the combination of geological, geomorphological and climatic/paleoclimatic factors. These determine that in the Norte Grande region of Chile (18°-27°South Lat.) the presence of salts has a wide distribution in soils, sedimentary sequences, evaporitic basins, underground and surface waters and in dynamic fogs. The majority presence of chlorides, sulfates, carbonates, borates, and other rather unusual salts in Nature such as nitrates, iodates, chromates, dichromates, chlorates and perchlorates is recognized. This Saline Domain includes the formation of some of the main deposits of Industrial Minerals in Chile as in the case of nitrates and iodine, salt, lithium and other subordinates such as those of borates and potassium. The geological, geomorphological and climatic/paleoclimatic settings, the role of salts as weathering and erosion agents and the main Industrial Minerals saline ore deposits are described. The importance of these saline environments is recognized as an exceptional habitat for a varied microbiota with great biotechnological potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Chilean Water Code is known as a radical example of a free market model for resource management. As part of the implementation of this model in the Atacama Desert, in 1983 the military dictatorship began to privatize surface water rights in the Atacama communities of Lasana and Chiu-Chiu. The objective of this action was to decollectivize water under a system that facilitated the transfer of rights between the agricultural sector to the mining and sanitary sectors. In light of a political ecology framework, in this article, I address questions of how the dictatorship privatized water rights in Lasana and Chiu-Chiu to produce a water market, and how, through this action, it reconfigured the water landscape of these communities. In doing so, I use in-depth interviews, archival analysis, and satellite images. Results show that the dictatorship used coercion, ignored traditional irrigation, and deliberately lied to local peasants, and as a result, privatized less water than they used to use. This action generated a surplus which was centrally transferred to the extractive industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article examines the devotional practices of indigenous and workers in the Atacama Desert, who—embedded in a complex scenario of national identities, proletarianization, and secularization—are mobilized in their actions between tradition and modernity. By paying attention to their cultic expressions, we deepen research on the ceremonies of workers who ritually gather at the fiesta of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Carmen de La Tirana, reenacting a series of religious performances in which dance and music are allowed during the sacred time of the fiesta, thus altering their hard work in the saltpeter mines of Tamarugal and mitigating conflicts over nationality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This is a reply to the article "Around the sea of Bolivia" by Mr. Sergio Villalobos ("Cuadernos de Historia" 32, 2009). Basically, its purpose is to specify the scope of the debate arisen about the jurisdiction of Charcas during Spanish colonial times. Furthermore, its author rejects some personal disqualifications emitted by professor Villalobos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Atacama Desert (from Arica to Taltal, 18°-25° S), one of the driest environments on Earth, has been considered an inhospitable habitat and hence a major barrier for the hunter and gatherer groups that migrated to South America at the end of the Pleistocene. Recent paleoecological and geomorphologic data, summarized here, show that during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (ca. 17,500-9500 cal BP) some sectors of the Atacama were much wetter and had greater bioproductivity than today, factors that increase the possibilities of finding early American sites. Here, we first describe the current environment of the Atacama and compare it to past environmental conditions. Second, we present our results that show archaeological evidence for the human colonization of the hyperarid coast (0-900 masl), the intermediate depression (900-2200 masl), the precordillera (2200-3500 masl) and the altiplano (>3500 masl). Finally we discuss some of the possible migratory routes for the peopling of South America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents an analysis of the ceremonial architecture in pre-Hispanic trade routes of the Atacama Desert. Particular focus is given to the rituals in the Andes, Perú, which are characteristic of the travelers in some extent, and the people from the region. In addition, the author mentions some of the religious figures in each village, most of them polytheist cultures.

The article presents an analysis of the main styles of engravings and paintings of the Antofagasta Region in Northern Chile. It is stated that for about four decades, researchers have segregated the styles, investigated the chronology and cultural affiliation, and explored the symbolic meanings and uncovered the secrets of the visual construction of these engravings and paintings.