Las Ánimas complex is an archaeological culture of northern Chile considered to be the immediate precursor to the Diaguita culture.[1][2] The culture developed in the Chilean region of Norte Chico between 800 and 1000 CE.[1] Prior to Las Ánimas complex, an archaeological culture known as El Molle complex existed in Norte Chico from 300 to 700 CE.[1]
Pottery recovered from Las Ánimas complex has linear designs painted with white, red or black.[2] The black colour derives from specular hematite.[2]
Las Ánimas complex has the earliest evidence for copper metallurgy in Norte Chico.[3]
A 2014 paleomagnetic and geochronologic study on the Sierra de las Ánimas complex found that the complex was erupted around 578 Ma and did not extend into the Cambrian.[4]
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edit- ^ a b c "Pueblos diaguitas", Memoria chilena (in Spanish), Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, retrieved January 30, 2014
- ^ a b c Ampuero Brito, Gonzalo (1991), Ancient Cultures of the Norte Chico (PDF), Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
- ^ Latorre Blanco, Elvira; López Mendoza, Patricio (2011), "Los metales en la cultura Diaguita chilena (ca. 900-1536 DC): una aproximación metodológica e interpretativa" (PDF), Intersecciones en Antropología (in Spanish), 12 (2): 329–332
- ^ Rapalini, Augusto E.; Tohver, Eric; Bettucci, Leda Sánchez; Lossada, Ana C.; Barcelona, Hernán; Pérez, Cecilia (2015-04-01). "The late Neoproterozoic Sierra de las Ánimas Magmatic Complex and Playa Hermosa Formation, southern Uruguay, revisited: Paleogeographic implications of new paleomagnetic and precise geochronologic data". Precambrian Research. Supercontinental Cycles and Geodynamics. 259: 143–155. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2014.11.021. hdl:11336/20720. ISSN 0301-9268.
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