Atacameño

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The Atacameño are an indigenous people of the Atacama Desert region in northern Chile, known for their ancient agricultural traditions, oasis settlements, and rich pre-Columbian cultural heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Atacameño canonical 2
Atacameño (Lickanantay) 1
Atacameños 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
archaeologicalCulture San Pedro de Atacama culture
colonialHistory incorporated into Inca Empire
subject to Spanish colonial rule
continent South America
country Chile
culturalHeritage ritual sites in the Andes
rock art
culturalPeriod pre-Columbian era
environment high-altitude Andes region
hyper-arid desert
languageFamily Kunza language
Quechuan language family
surface form: Quechuan languages
materialCulture funerary ceramics
metal ornaments
stone architecture
modernCountry Chile
notableOasisSettlements San Pedro de Atacama
Socaire
Toconao
primaryRegion Atacama Desert
northern Chile
recognizedAs indigenous people of Chile
relatedGroups Aymara people
surface form: Aymara

Diaguita
Quechua
religion Andean indigenous religion
subsistenceStrategy mixed farming and herding
tradeNetworks pre-Hispanic caravan routes
traditionalAgriculture oasis agriculture
terrace farming
traditionalBeliefs ancestor veneration
mountain worship
traditionalCrops beans
maize
potatoes
quinoa
traditionalEconomy agriculture
camelid herding
caravan trade
traditionalLanguage Kunza
traditionalLivestock alpacas
llamas
traditionalPractices ceramics production
irrigation engineering
salt trade
textile weaving
traditionalSettlements oases

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Likan Antai hasExonym Atacameño
this entity surface form: Atacameños
El Loa Province hasEthnicGroup Atacameño
this entity surface form: Atacameño (Lickanantay)