Vías prehispánicas y culto de los muertos en el norte chileno (Arica-Tarapacá) durante el período Intermedio Tardío y el Horizonte Tardío (CA. 1.000-1.532 D.C.)

Abstract

This paper presents an outline of study of some prehispanic roads in northern Chile (Arica-Tarapacá). A new road section of 10 km discovered between BelÉn and the Azapa valley has architectural elements such as retention walls and pavement. This work studies the technical characteristics of the routes and analyzes the links between roads and sacred landscape splashed by elements tied to the collective memory of the Andean populations and especially to the worship of the ancestors.