Precolumbian Navigation along the Pacific Shore of the Atacama Desert

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Navigation was tremendously important in the economic, political, and social spheres of Atacama marine hunter-gatherers, as demonstrated in accounts written in the early years after European contact and in the pre–sixteenth century archaeological record. Material evidence of this practice includes the remains of marine animals that could only have been caught on the high seas, hunting harpoons, transformations in coastal settlement patterns, long-distance networks for circulating goods, rock art representations, miniature models, and fragments of full-size seagoing rafts. Navigation shaped coastal Atacama societies by providing increased mobility, expanding their seascapes, extending their exchange networks, increasing their productivity, and broadening the influence of local political powers. In sum, it gave marine hunter-gatherers a leading role in a regional macroeconomy, forcing researchers in the present day to rethink ancient Andean models constructed from a land-based perspective.
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Authors Benjamín Ballester
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.69
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.69
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