San Pedro de Atacama culture

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The San Pedro de Atacama culture was a pre-Columbian Atacameño society of northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, known for its oasis settlements, elaborate funerary practices, and distinctive ceramics and metalwork.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atacameño culture 2
San Pedro de Atacama culture canonical 2
Atacama culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atacameño culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Atacameño people ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Coyo ⓘ
Larache ⓘ
Quitor ⓘ
hasArtStyle anthropomorphic motifs ⓘ
incised decoration ⓘ
polychrome ceramics ⓘ
zoomorphic motifs ⓘ
hasBurialGoods ceramic vessels ⓘ
metal ornaments ⓘ
semi-precious stones ⓘ
shell beads ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
hasBurialPractice grave offerings ⓘ
mummification of bodies ⓘ
tomb chambers ⓘ
hasCenter San Pedro de Atacama ⓘ
hasChronology Formative period ⓘ
Late Intermediate period ⓘ
Middle period ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
camelid herding ⓘ
caravan trade ⓘ
hasReligionType Andean religion ⓘ
hasSettlementType oasis settlements ⓘ
influencedBy Altiplano cultures ⓘ
Inca Empire ⓘ
Tiwanaku culture ⓘ
knownFor distinctive ceramics ⓘ
elaborate funerary practices ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
rich burial goods ⓘ
locatedIn Atacama Desert ⓘ
South America ⓘ
northern Chile ⓘ
partOf Andean cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Andes cultural area
timePeriod 1st millennium CE ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
pre-Inca period ⓘ
tradedWith Bolivian Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Pacific coast regions ⓘ
northwest Argentina ⓘ
usesMaterial bronze ⓘ
copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Atacameño → archaeologicalCulture → San Pedro de Atacama culture ⓘ
Pukará de Quitor → regionHistoricCulture → Atacameño culture ⓘ
linked to: San Pedro de Atacama culture
Tulor archaeological site → associatedWith → Atacameño culture ⓘ
linked to: San Pedro de Atacama culture
Kunza language → culturalRegion → Atacama culture area ⓘ
linked to: San Pedro de Atacama culture
Likan Antai people → archaeologicalCulture → San Pedro de Atacama culture ⓘ
Likan Antai language → associatedWith → Atacama culture ⓘ
linked to: San Pedro de Atacama culture