Atacameño people

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The Atacameño people are an Indigenous group of the Atacama Desert region in northern Chile and adjacent areas, known for their rich pre-Columbian heritage, oasis agriculture, and enduring cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atacameño people canonical 7
Atacama people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethnic group
Indigenous people
Pre-Columbian culture
alternateName Atacama people
linked to: Atacameño people

Likan Antai
country Chile
culturalHeritage Archaeological sites around San Pedro de Atacama
Pre-Hispanic cemeteries
Rock art
culture Camelid herding
Irrigation agriculture
Oasis agriculture
Terraced farming
economy Mining-related wage labor
Pastoralism
Subsistence agriculture
Tourism services
historicalInteraction Inca Empire
Spanish Empire
historicalPeriod Pre-Columbian era
language Kunza language
Spanish language
languageStatus Kunza language is considered extinct as a native language
linked to: Kunza language
locatedIn Altiplano
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Andes
Atacama Desert
Northern Chile
linked to: northern Chile
nativeName Lickan Antay
linked to: Likan Antai
partOf Andean civilizations
linked to: Andean civilization
politicalStatus Recognized by the Chilean state as an Indigenous group
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Chile
religion Andean religion
linked to: Andean mythology

Roman Catholicism
Syncretic Christianity
ritualPractice Agricultural fertility rituals
Offerings to water sources
Veneration of mountains
traditionalAnimal Alpaca
Llama
Vicuña
traditionalCraft Pottery
Stone carving
Textile weaving
traditionalCrop Beans
Maize
Potatoes
Quinoa
traditionalHousing Adobe dwellings
traditionalRegion Antofagasta Region
San Pedro de Atacama oasis
linked to: Atacama oases

Tarapacá Region

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

Licancabur isSacredTo Atacameño people
subject linked to: Licancabur volcano
Pukará de Quitor builder Atacameño people
Pukará de Quitor ethnicGroupAssociated Atacameño people
Tulor archaeological site culture Atacameño people
Likan Antai alternateName Atacameño people
Likan Antai alternateName Atacama people
linked to: Atacameño people
Kunza spokenBy Atacameño people
Kunza associatedEthnicity Atacameño people
Atacameño people alternateName Atacama people
linked to: Atacameño people