Likan Antai people
E557008
The Likan Antai people, also known as the Atacameños, are an Indigenous group of the Atacama Desert region in northern Chile with a long-standing tradition of oasis agriculture, caravan trade, and rich pre-Columbian cultural heritage.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Indigenous people ⓘ |
| adaptation |
use of oases for agriculture
ⓘ
water management in desert environment ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Atacama people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atacameños NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | San Pedro de Atacama culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artAndCraft |
ceramics
ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| colonialReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
Andean religious practices
ⓘ
pre-Columbian cultural traditions ⓘ rituals linked to mountains and water ⓘ |
| currentLanguageUse | Spanish ⓘ |
| environment | hyper-arid desert ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Peine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Pedro de Atacama NERFINISHED ⓘ Socaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Toconao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Inca period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish colonial period NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-Inca period ⓘ |
| language | Kunza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | Kunza is considered extinct as a native language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Likan Antai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Atacama Desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous people of Chile ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Chilean state ⓘ |
| tradedGoods |
agricultural products
ⓘ
metals ⓘ salt ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| tradeRoutes | Andean caravan routes ⓘ |
| traditionalCrop |
beans
ⓘ
maize ⓘ potatoes ⓘ quinoa ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
camelid herding
ⓘ
caravan trade ⓘ mining and metallurgy ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalIrrigation |
canal systems
ⓘ
terraces ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
Andean cosmology
ⓘ
veneration of mountain deities ⓘ veneration of water sources ⓘ |
| traditionalSettlementType |
oasis villages
ⓘ
pucarás (fortified settlements) ⓘ |
| traditionalTransport | llama caravans ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.