Descomponiendo el complejo Llolleo: Hacia una propuesta de sus niveles mínimos de integración

Abstract

In this study, we attempt to break down the Llolleo Complex of the Early Ceramic Period of Central Chile into its significant social units. The analysis of the ceramic evidence from sites of the Santiago and Rancagua basins indicates some heterogeneity in this complex. This heterogeneity is not randomly distributed, but rather has a clear spatial correlation. The spatial association of specific ceramic traits suggests that the local community is a significant organizational level for the Llolleo Complex. Our argument is based on the anthropology of technology, but there are also correlations in the ethnohistoric information and the information some anthropologists have derived from the ethnohistory.